Tetralicia erianthi Danzig, 1969

Valencia, Luis & Evans, Gregory A., 2024, Review of the genus Tetralicia (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and description of two new species of whiteflies found on avocado trees in Peru, Zootaxa 5403 (2), pp. 197-238 : 216

12. Tetralicia erianthi Danzig, 1969

( Fig. 4B , Danzig 1969)

Tetralicia erianthi Danzig, 1969: 878 . Holotype. Turkmenistan, Ashkhabad , 22.ix.1958, I. Rozanov, on Erianthus purpurascens , in ZISP.

Distribution: Western Palearctic: Iran, Turkmenistan.

Host: Poaceae : Tripidium ravennae ; Rununculaceae: Rununculus arvensis .

Parasitoids: Aphelinidae : Eretmocerus nikolskajae ; Eulophidae : Neochrysocharis formosa .

Comments: The current name for two of the hosts recorded for this species Erianthus purpurascens and E. ravennae is Tripidium ravennae . Myartseva (1973) reported Eretmocerus nikolskajae Myartseva, 1973 and Closterocerus formosa Westwood, 1833 (reported as Neochrysocharis formosa ) parasitoids of this species in Turkmenistan.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Puparia of Tetralicia species. A) debarroi Martin & Carver, B) erianthi Danzig, C) graminicola Bink-Moenen, D) iberiaca Bink-Moenen, E) tuberculata Bink-Moenen, F) cecropiae (Carapia-Ruiz, 2020b) G) cecropiae Bondar (type, MZU), H) cecropiae (type, USNM), I) cecropiae (type, Bondar 1923).