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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea » Aphids (Aphididae) » Witch Hazel Gall Aphids and Palm Aphids (Hormaphidinae) » Cerataphis
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Palm aphid - Cerataphis
Copyright © 2006 David Cappaert

Palm aphid - Cerataphis
Ann Arbor - Botanical Garden Conservatory, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
June 21, 2006
Size: ca. 2mm
This is presumably a whitefly larva ("pupa"), observed on a palm frond in a tropical plant conservatory. The plant was heavily covered in honeydew. The black color would be expected for a greenhouse whitefly that had been parasitized by Encarsia. This however does not appear to be GH whitefly, and I saw no evidence of parasitoid emergence. We otherwise have spiraling whitefly in this greenhouse, which looks totally different.
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Contributed by David Cappaert on 21 June, 2006 - 5:10pm
Last updated 30 January, 2010 - 10:22pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 April, 2008 - 11:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Whiteflies.
… John R. Maxwell, 25 March, 2008 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

palm aphid
This is actually an aphid in the genus Cerataphis. They are often confused for whitefly pupae. Since it was found on palm, it is likely the palm aphid, C. brasiliensis. This species is common in Florida. More info at http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/entcirc/ent041.pdf although this pub. uses an older name.
… Lyle Buss, 14 March, 2008 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

 
Another link
Palm aphid
http://www.aphidweb.com/Aphids%20of%20Karnataka/Cerataphislataniae.htm
http://www.aphidweb.com/Aphids%20of%20Karnataka/Cerataphisbrasiliensis.htm

Not sure about the linked image. Maybe unlink.
… John R. Maxwell, 25 March, 2008 - 10:27am login or register to post comments

Mulberry whitefly ?????
There is a picture very similar to this one in Cranshaw (1). The insect name is Mulberry whitefly (Tetraleurodes mori).
However, I don’t know if there are many species of nymphs which look similar. For example, p 288, Cranshaw writes that Citrus blackfly nymphs are also black with a white wax fringe.
… Claude Pilon, 1 January, 2007 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

WOW!
That's one strange looking pupa! What's with the white stuff around it?
… Brittanie McCormack, 21 June, 2006 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

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