Aleuroplatus cococolus Quaintance & Baker, 1917

Martin, Jon H., 2005, Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Part 2 - a review of the subfamily Aleyrodinae Westwood, Zootaxa 1098 (1), pp. 1-116 : 18

Aleuroplatus cococolus Quaintance & Baker

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Aleuroplatus cococolus Quaintance & Baker, 1917: 385–386 . Syntypes, Trinidad.

DISTRIBUTION. Neotropical Region: Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad.

COMMENTS. The puparia of this species secrete clear, glassy, material around and over themselves: when alive they have a shiny, “laquered” appearance, with a narrow line of opaque wax issuing from each of the three tracheal openings at the puparial margin. A. cococolus is very common in Central America, but the puparia have not been observed in aggregations. The puparia of some samples display detail variations that may be specific differences and Aleuroplatus spp 11 and 13 from Belize (Appendix 1), in particular, are morphologically very similar to A. cococolus .