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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 » Singhiella » Ficus Whitefly (Singhiella simplex)
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Possible Singhiella simplex - Singhiella simplex
Copyright © 2015 John Schneider

Possible Singhiella simplex - Singhiella simplex
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
October 15, 2015
This was on a Ficus benjamina leaf. I'll ask Dr. Stocks for his input.
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Contributed by John Schneider on 25 October, 2015 - 2:56pm
Last updated 17 December, 2023 - 5:29pm

Moved
Moved from Whiteflies. Thanks, Dr. Stocks.
… John Schneider, 26 October, 2015 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

This is what is known as the
This is what is known as the 'red eye' stage of pupal development of many whiteflies; the eye pigments are present, and other structures, such as the general outline of the adult head, and the wing pads (white), are differentiated. Apolysis, or separation of the adult cuticle from the pupal cuticle, is either imminent or underway. This species is almost entirely host-restricted to Ficus spp., which are very limited in zones outside of the tropics or subtropics.
… Ian Stocks, 26 October, 2015 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

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