Species Trialeurodes merlini - Cottony Manzanita Whitefly

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Manzanita whiteflies - Trialeurodes merlini

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 Trialeurodes

Species merlini (Cottony Manzanita Whitefly)

Range

"Canada; USA (CA, OR, WA) (1)".

Habitat

"Very common native whitefly on manzanita throughout California. It is especially common along dirt roads, and frequently it can be seen from a moving vehicle" (Raymond J. Gill, in "Color-Photo and Host Keys to California Whiteflies").

Food

Host plants: "Ericaceae: Arctostaphylos glauca, Arctostaphylos manzanita, Arbutus menziesii, Arctostaphylos patula, Arctostaphylos pringle Parry ssp. pringlei, Arctostaphylos sp.(1)".

Works Cited

1.	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 Ken Schneider on 6 August, 2022 - 11:51am

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