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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) » Aleurodicinae » Aleurodicus » Giant Whitefly (Aleurodicus dugesii)

Species Aleurodicus dugesii - Giant Whitefly

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Giant Whitefly - Aleurodicus dugesii Giant Whitefly - Aleurodicus dugesii Ash Whitefly? - Aleurodicus dugesii Aleurodiscus dugesii - Aleurodicus dugesii Aleurodiscus dugesii - Aleurodicus dugesii Aleurodicus dugesii Aleurodicus dugesii Aleurodicus dugesii
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 Aleurodicus
Species dugesii (Giant Whitefly)
Remarks
Native to Mexico. First discovered in San Diego County in October 1992 and now found in many areas of California, Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, and Texas.
Internet References
UC Davis Whitefly Management Guidelines
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 13 September, 2004 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 7 May, 2010 - 9:09pm

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