Tetraleurodes acaciae (Quaintance), 1914

Martin, Jon H., 2005, Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Part 2 - a review of the subfamily Aleyrodinae Westwood, Zootaxa 1098 (1), pp. 1-116 : 51

Tetraleurodes acaciae (Quaintance)

(Figs 56, 117)

Aleurodes acaciae Quaintance, 1900: 19–20 . Lectotype, Mexico (designated by Nakahara, 1995: 110).

Tetraleurodes acaciae (Quaintance) Quaintance & Baker, 1914: 108 .

DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region: Colombia, Venezuela, and widely distributed in the Caribbean and Central America; Nearctic Region: USA (Arizona, California, Florida, Texas); Oriental Region: Hong Kong; Austro­oriental Region: Philippines; Pacific Region: Fiji.

COMMENTS. T. acaciae is one of a suite of similar species defined by the presence of a submarginal row of rounded tubercles that stand proud of the puparial surface when seen in relief (Fig. 117). T. acaciae is the only member of this group seen from Belize, from where it is represented only by a few individuals that occurred singly. Members of the T. acaciae ­group have principally been recorded feeding on fabaceous (legume) hosts ( Nakahara, 1995), and the few specimens from Belize were also taken from fabaceous hosts.