Tetralicia ceanothi Sampson, 1945

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 : 215

7. Tetralicia ceanothi Sampson, 1945 , comb. rev.

( Fig. 5G , USNM specimen)

Tetralicia ceanothi Sampson, 1945: 59 . Syntypes. USA: California, near Bishop , 29.iii.1940, Shahlert & Kealy, on Ceanothus cunicatus ; in UCD.

Aleuropleurocelus ceanothi ( Sampson, 1945) ; Drews & Sampson (1956: 281); Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores (2018: 618).

Distribution: Nearctic: USA (California, Nevada); Neotropical: Mexico; Pacific Islands: USA: Hawaii.

Host: Rhamnaceae : Ceanothus cuneatus .

Comment: Dubey (2021) provided SEM illustrations of the puparia of this species and reported its presence in Hawaii. Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores (2018) reported this species from Mexico.

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FIGURE 5. Puparia of Tetralicia species. A) abnormis (Quaintance), B) acaudata (Drews & Sampson), C) anahuac (Carapia- Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), D) annonae (Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), E) bidentata (Sánchez-Flores & Carapia-Ruiz), F) caudata (Sánchez-Flores & Carapia-Ruiz), G. ceanothi Sampson, H) chamaedoreaelegans (Sánchez-Flores & Carapia-Ruiz), I) coachellensis (Drews & Sampson), J) eriogonum (Carapia-Ruiz), K) fourqueriasplendens (Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), L) granulata Sampson & Drews, M) guazumae (Carapia-Ruiz & Sánchez-Flores), N) guerrerensis (Carapia-Ruíz & Sánchez- Flores), O) hyptisemoryi (Gill), P) kobei (Sánchez-Flores & García-Ochaeta).