Aleurocanthus spiniferus: Orange Spiny Whitefly
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Description: Provides photographs and a description of this pest of citrus, its distribution, life history, the damage caused and management.
orange spiny whitefly - Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) common name: orange spiny whitefly (Quaintance) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Quaintance), is a native pest of citrus in tropical Asia. In the early 1920s, pest outbreak infestation levels caused Japan to begin a biological control program. Primarily, orange spiny whitefly affects host plants by sucking the sap but it also causes indirect damage by producing honeydew and subsequently promoting the growth of sooty mold. Sooty mold is a black fungus that grows on honeydew. Heavy infestations of orange spiny whitefly, or other honeydew-producing insects such as scales, mealybugs, aphids, and other whitefly species, can cause sooty mold to completely cover the leaf surface and negatively affect photosynthesis.
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| Page title: | orange spiny whitefly - Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) |
| Keywords: | orange spiny whitefly Aleurocanthus spiniferus Hemiptera Aleyrodidae Jamba Gyeltshen Amanda Hodges Greg |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |