Species Rhachisphora setulosa (Corbett, 1926)

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• Dialeurodes (Rhachisphora) setulosa Corbett, G.H. 1926. Contribution towards our knowledge of the Aleyrodidae of Ceylon. Bulletin of Entomological Research 16: 267-284 [270].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH puparium slide, Sri Lanka, Haberane.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH puparia slides (same data as lectotype), Sri Lanka, Haberane.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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. [97].

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: Diospyros compacta (R.Br.) Kosterm. [EBENACEAE]; Syzygium sp. [MYRTACEAE] Lilly-pilly).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Diospyros compacta (R.Br.) Kosterm. [EBENACEAE]; Ficus platypoda (Miq.) A.Cunn. ex Miq. [MORACEAE] Rock Fig).

History of changes