Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin

Taxonomic position

Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodoidea: Aleyrodidae: Aleurodicinae

Common name

Rugose spiraling whitefly

Habitat / Crop(s) damaged

Coconut, banana, custard apple and several ornamental plants.

Pest status

A serious invasive pest. For more details, see Selvaraj K. et al., 2016 and also this link.

Images

 Photo credit: Selvaraj K. et al., 2016

References

Selvaraj K., Sundararaj R., Venkatesan T., Chandish R.B., Jalali S.K., Ankita Gupta and Mrudula H.K. 2016. The invasive rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin in India. Journal of Biological Control, 30(3): , 2016.

Credit

Images and factsheet prepared by Dr. Ankita Gupta, Scientist, NBAIR. Web content added by Malathi C, 18.11.2016.