Pealius azaleae (Baker and Moles)

Suh, Soo-Jung & Ji, Jungyoun, 2014, A Checklist of Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Intercepted on Imported Plants in Korea 2005 - 2013, Insecta Mundi 2014 (354), pp. 1-14 : 10

Pealius azaleae (Baker and Moles) ( Figure 3B )

Aleyrodes azaleae Baker and Moles 1920 .

Korea Port Interception. Japan: 1 adult female, 12 puparia, on Rhododendron sp. (Ericaceae) leaf, 1-vii-2005.

Diagnosis. Vasiform orifice situated in a pit. Marginal crenulations at thoracic tracheal openings modified to form distinct, but short, combs of teeth.

Distribution. NE: USA. PA: Belgium, England, Iran, Netherlands, Scotland, Russia, Japan, Korea. OR: India. AU: Australia, New Zealand.

Host plants. Ericaceae : Azalea pontica , Rhododendron indicum , Rhododendron mucronatum , Rhododendron schippenbachii .

Figures

Figure 3. Eight species of whiteflies. A) Orchamoplatus mammaeferus (Quaintance and Baker), puparium. B) Pealius azaleae (Baker and Moles), puparium. C) Pealius mori (Takahashi), puparium. D) Pealius sp., habitus. E) Singhiella simplex (Singh), puparium. F) Trialeurodes fernaldi (Morrill), puparium. G-H) Trialeurodes glacialis (Bemis), puparium and habitus. I) Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood), puparium.