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Pealius kelloggi
Photo#41430
Copyright © 2006
Chuck Entz
Naturally Curly Scales -
Pealius kelloggi
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
January 20, 2006
Size: Leaf is a bit over 1 inch
On the underside of Holly-leafed Cherry (
Prunus ilicifolia
) leaves in my back yard.
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Contributed by
Chuck Entz
on 22 January, 2006 - 4:13pm
Last updated 11 September, 2017 - 12:03pm
Moved
Moved from
Whiteflies
.
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Charley Eiseman
, 11 September, 2017 - 12:03pm
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Pealius kelloggi
refer to Fig. 5 on plat XLVI here:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12463531#page/610/mode/1up
Evans (2007) lists the hosts of this California endemic whitefly as
Prunus ilicifolia
and
P. lyoni
, as well as two species of
Quercus
(though all of the photos I've seen of this species have been on one of the
Prunus
hosts)
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Chris Mallory
, 11 September, 2017 - 3:10am
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Seems so obvious I think I'm mucking it up.
Crown Whitefly nymphs, most common species on oak. Photo page 139 in
Insects of ther Los Angeles Basin
(I landed there, trying to find photos of the adults.)
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Ron Hemberger
, 3 April, 2007 - 10:00pm
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I think so too
But I don't know enough about the variation between species to be sure. The problem is, all we can see is the wax, not the insect itself. What's worse,
experts
can't be assured of an ID even if they dissect it under a microscope- unless it's in the "pupal" stage.
The photo in Hogue is what tipped me off in the first place that it might be a whitefly, though the thickness or texture of the wax strips seems just different enough to make me wonder.
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Chuck Entz
, 4 April, 2007 - 12:13am
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To Aleyrodidae guide page
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Chuck Entz
, 28 April, 2006 - 11:47pm
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Psyllid?
Hello, I think that these are psyllids. They produce that waxy cottony "stuff" in the nymphal stages to either conceal themselves or make themselves unpalatable to predators. My money in on the unpalatability rather than the concealment.
Nice picture - what did you use to take it?
Cheers
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David Robertson
, 26 January, 2006 - 12:09pm
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Psyllids
Thanks!
I used a Konica-Minolta Dimage Z6. I just got it, so I'm not completely up to speed on the finer points of using it. It can focus from a distance of 1 cm in super-macro mode and also has 12X zoom, so I can basically capture any detail visible to the naked eye in good light without any other equipment.
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Chuck Entz
, 27 January, 2006 - 11:45am
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No idea.
I have no idea what these are, but wanted to compliment you for taking images of an oft-neglected group of insects. Way to go, keep it up:-)
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Eric R. Eaton
, 23 January, 2006 - 2:06pm
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Thanks!
My goal is to document and identify every organism here in my little 50 x 100 foot suburban lot, so I take pictures of
everything
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Chuck Entz
, 27 January, 2006 - 12:01pm
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