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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 » Tetraleurodes » Mulberry Whitefly (Tetraleurodes mori)

Species Tetraleurodes mori - Mulberry Whitefly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
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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 Tetraleurodes
Species mori (Mulberry Whitefly)
Explanation of Names
Author: Quaintance
Range
Central and South America, Caribbean
Food
Hosts include mahonia, hackberry, mountain laurel, sweetgum, maple, dogwood, sycamore, citrus, and mulberry.
Remarks
Probably introduced from tropical, subtropical regions.
Print References
Cranshaw, Whitney. 2004. Garden Insects of North America. Princeton University Press.
Internet References
Florida Dept. of Agriculture
California Dept. of Food and Agriculture
Entomotropica. 2006. In Spanish, with excellent illustrations
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 19 December, 2008 - 11:34pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ron M.
Last updated 4 May, 2017 - 5:09am

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