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Genus Paraleyrodes - Nesting Whiteflies

Paraleyrodes sp. - Paraleyrodes cropped - Paraleyrodes Adult in 'nest' - Paraleyrodes Adult cropped - Paraleyrodes a day later - Paraleyrodes
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 Aleurodicinae
Genus Paraleyrodes (Nesting Whiteflies)
Numbers
Three species, P. minei, P. bondari, and P. pseudonaranjae, are recorded from the mainland U.S. (Pers. comm., Ian Stocks, June 16, 2020.)
Contributed by John Schneider on 21 June, 2020 - 11:19am

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