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Species Singhiella simplex - Ficus Whitefly

Singhiella simplex Possible Singhiella simplex - Singhiella simplex
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Aleyrodoidea
Family Aleyrodidae (Whiteflies)
Subfamily Aleyrodinae
Genus Singhiella
Species simplex (Ficus Whitefly)
Other Common Names
Fig whitefly (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Singhiella simplex (Singh, 1931)
Orig. Comb: Aleurocanthus simplex Singh, 1931
Range
adventive to s.CA, e.TX, s.FL - Map (1), native to Asia
Food
Ficus spp.
Remarks
Introduced: 2007 (Miami-Dade)
Print References
Martin J.H. & Mound L.A. (2007) An annotated check list of the world's whiteflies (Insecta : Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae). Zootaxa, 1492: 1-84.
Internet References
Ficus Whitefly (Singhiella simplex) - Catharine Mannion UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, 2008