Abstract

SANCHEZ-FLORES, Oscar Angel; CARAPIA-RUIZ, Vicente Emilio  and  CASTILLO-GUTIERREZ, Antonio. A new species of Aleuropleurocelus Drews and Sampson (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on grass from Mexico. Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [online]. 2022, vol.48, n.1, e11392.  Epub Mar 15, 2022. ISSN 0120-0488.  https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v48i1.11392.

A new species of whitefly, Aleuropleurocelus popocatepetl Carapia-Ruiz y Sanchez-Flores sp. nov., is described from the State of Morelos, Mexico. It was collected on the leaves of the grass Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould (Poaceae) in Ocuituco, Morelos. Microphotographs of the morphological structures of the puparia are included. Differences with close species are discussed.

Keywords : Aleyrodinae; grass; host; Tetralicia; whiteflies.

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