Aleurotulus pteridophytae Martin 1994

Aleurotulus pteridophytae Martin (in Mound et al., 1994) DISTRIBUTION. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Venezuela. HOST PLANTS. Lycopsida �� Selaginellaceae: Selaginella eurynota. Filicopsida �� Pteridaceae: Adiantum platyphyllum ��group; Schizaeaceae: Anemia phyllitidis; unidentified ferns intercepted at US quarantine stations. COMMENTS. This is the only whitefly species known to colonise Selaginella. It is occasionally intercepted by US quarantine stations, on ferns from Central and northern South America.
Published as part of Martin, Jon H. & Camus, Josephine M., 2001, Whiteflies (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) colonising ferns (Pteridophyta: Filicopsida), with descriptions of two new Trialeurodes and one new Metabemisia species from south��east Asia, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 2 on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4618039
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