Species Aleurochiton forbesii

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Aleurochiton forbesii ? - Aleurochiton forbesii

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 Aleurochiton

Species forbesii (Aleurochiton forbesii)

Explanation of Names

Aleurochiton forbesii (Ashmead 1893)

Size

Pupal case 1.45⨯1 mm(1), adult female 1.5 mm

Identification

Adult: General color of body yellow; legs and antennae paler; wings white, unmarked; venation typical for Aleurochiton • pupae of the first or early summer brood almost colorless [...] Mature specimens in the fall are generally dark brown and blackish, with large, irregular, semitransparent spotsm(1)

Range

Canada; e.US (NY‒FL to WI‒MO)(2)

Habitat

Maple trees

Food

Aceraceae: Acer platanoides, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum, Acer sp.; Aquifoliaceae: Ilex coriacea, Ilex glabra. (2)

Life Cycle

at the latitude of Washington, and probably elsewhere, there are two broods of pupae each season(1); pupae hibernate.

Works Cited

1.	Classification of the Aleyrodidae Quaintance, A.L. & A.C. Baker. 1913. United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Technical Series.

2.	The whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) of the world and their host plants and natural enemies G. A. Evans. 2007. USDA/Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

Contributed by Claude Pilon on 21 November, 2014 - 11:09am
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 4 April, 2024 - 1:35pm

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