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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aleyrodoidea » Whiteflies (Aleyrodidae) » Aleyrodinae » Aleurocanthus » Citrus Blackfly (Aleurocanthus woglumi)

Species Aleurocanthus woglumi - Citrus Blackfly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Lots to look at under the leaf - Aleurocanthus woglumi
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 Aleurocanthus
Species woglumi (Citrus Blackfly)
Explanation of Names
Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby 1915
Named after entomologist Russell Sage Woglum
Remarks
A serious citrus pest introduced from Asia, detected in Key West, FL in 1937, eradicated and found again at a later time and is now widespread in FL
Internet References
Fact sheet (Nguyen & Hamon 2016)(1)
Works Cited
1.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 22 April, 2008 - 11:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 16 November, 2023 - 8:24pm

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