Species Rhachisphora franksae Martin, 1999

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhachisphora franksae Martin, Jon 1999. The Whitefly Fauna of Australia (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae). A taxonomic account and identification guide. Technical Paper No. 38. Canberra : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 38 pp. 1-197. [96].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC puparium slide, Qld, 2-3 km N Cape Tribulation.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 13 x puparia slides (same data as holotype), Qld, 2-3 km N Cape Tribulation.

  Type host:

   Fagraea gracilipes A.Gray [LOGANIACEAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Fagreae gracilipes A. Gray [LOGANIACEAE]; Pittosporum phylliraeoides DC. [PITTOSPORACEAE]).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Fagraea gracilipes A. Gray [LOGANIACEAE]; Xanthorrhoea australis R.Br. [LILIACEAE]).

History of changes