Species Tetraleurodes elaeocarpi Takahashi, 1950

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• Tetraleurodes elaeocarpi Takahashi, R. 1950. Four new species of Aleyrodidae (Homoptera) from Australia, India and Borneo. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 23: 85-88 [87].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH puparium slide, NSW, Sydney, [Royal] Botanic Gardens.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2 x puparia slides (same data as lectotype), NSW, Sydney, [Royal] Botanic Gardens.

  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. [103].

  Type host:

   Elaeocarpus reticulatus Sm. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: sap-feeder (associated flora: Ceratopetalum gummiferum Sm. [CUNONIACEAE] Christmas Bush; Elaeocarpus reticulatus Sm. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]; Timonius sp. [RUBIACEAE]).

Nymphs: sap-feeder (associated flora: Ceratopetalum gummiferum Sm. [CUNONIACEAE] Christmas Bush; Eleaocarpus reticulatus Sm. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]; Acacia aprepta Pedley [FABACEAE] Miles Mulga).

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