Tetralicia ericae Harrison, 1917

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

13. Tetralicia ericae Harrison, 1917

( Figs. 3A, E, H, I, J, N , Bink-Moenen 1989; Figs. 3B, C, D, F, G, K, L, M, P , USNM specimen).

Tetralicia ericae Harrison, 1917 a: 61 . Syntypes. Adults , England: Durham, Waldridge Fell, on Erica tetralix ; in NHM

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Distribution: Western Palearctic: Austria, Corfu, Crete, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Mallorca, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Sicily, Spain, Sweden, USSR (former), Wales.

Host: Ericaceae : Erica carnea , E. multiflora , E. tetralix .

Parasitoids⸺ Aphelinidae : Encarsia sp. lutea group; Eulophidae : Euderomphale sp. ; Platygastridae : Amitus cf rugosus .

Comments. Drews & Sampson (1956) published F. Laing’s illustration along with their redescription of this species. Mound & Halsey (1978) stated that the types of this species are presumed lost; however, material from the type host and locality are deposited in the NHM. Bink-Moenen (1989) illustrated the adult antennal characters which readily serve to distinguish adults of this species from those of Tetralicia ericae on the same hosts. Iaccarino & Viggiani (1988) published a note on the puparial variability of T. ericae . Martin et al. (2000) illustrated this species. Trialeurodes ericae is apparently monophagous on Erica . Ghahari et al. (2009) reported this species on Erica sp. in Iran.

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FIGURE 3. Tetralicia ericae Harrison, 1917. (A–E) puparia: A) habitus drawing, B) habitus slide specimen, C) abdomen, D) vasiform orifice slide specimen, E) vasiform orifice drawing; (F–K) adult male: F) habitus, G–H) genitalia, I–K) antennae; (L–P) adult female: L) habitus, M–N) ovipositor; O–P) antennae. Sources: A, E, H, I, J, N (Bink-Moenen, 1989); B, C, D, F, G, K, L, M, P (USNM specimen).