Filicaleyrodes williamsi ( Trehan, 1938 )

Martin, Jon H. & Camus, Josephine M., 2001, Whiteflies (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) colonising ferns (Pteridophyta: Filicopsida), with descriptions of two new Trialeurodes and one new Metabemisia species from south­east Asia, Zootaxa 2, pp. 1-19 : 14

Filicaleyrodes williamsi ( Trehan, 1938)

DISTRIBUTION. Only known from glasshouse colonies in Britain and Hungary. The origin of this species is uncertain, given the geographically disjunct distribution of F. bosseri and the undescribed species, below.

HOST PLANTS. Aspleniaceae : Asplenium proliferum ; Blechnaceae : Blechnum brasiliensis , B. gibbum ; Dryopteridaceae : Tectaria confluens , Cyrtomium falcatum , Tectaria aurita ; Oleandraceae : Oleandra africana ; Schizaeaceae : Anemia sp.; Thelypteridaceae : Metathelypteris flaccida .

COMMENTS. The quoted host records are attributable to Trehan (1938) and Visnya (1941).