Aleurocanthus woglumi

TaxID: 594258

Basic Information

Aleurocanthus woglumi

Citrus Black-fly, Citrus blackfly

Aleurocanthus woglumi is a species of whitefly in the family Aleyrodidae. It is a pest of citrus crops, and is commonly known as the citrus blackfly because of its slate-blue colour. It originated in Asia, but has spread to other parts of the world. The parasitic wasps, Encarsia perplexa and Amitus hesperidum can help control the pest.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Aleyrodidae

Aleurocanthus

woglumi

nan

Photos (0 photos)

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Morphological Features

Puparium black. Puparial margin covered with wax secretion. Margin toothed; about 3.5–5 teeth per 0.1 mm of margin (Martin 1987). Dorsal disc spines acute; submargin usually with 11 pairs of stout spines in a row with cephalothoracic and caudal pairs alternately longer than adjacent ones. Adults have dark bodies and dusky wings; females about 1.25 mm in length, males up to 1.05 mm and slightly smaller

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Puparium / Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (101 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (58 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Antigua and Barbuda Quarantine pests —
Austria Quarantine pests 2019
Azerbaijan Absent 2024
Belgium Unknow 2019
Bulgaria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
Belarus Absent —
Cambodia Quarantine pests —
Switzerland A1 list 2019
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
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Distribution (79 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

67
Present
12
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Netherlands Antilles Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
Belgium Absent —
Bangladesh Present —
Bahamas Present —
Belize Present —
Bermuda Present —
Brazil Present
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (8 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GMPMU147-18 BOLD:ADU6206 COI-5P 654 Philippines 2016-04-26 8.1878, 124.19
GMBDB411-23 BOLD:ADU6206 COI-5P 655 Bangladesh 2023-01-24 21.14, 92.082
GBMNE47290-22 BOLD:ADU6206 COI-5P 550 India 2022-04-17 23.901, 72.44273
GBMNE47289-22 BOLD:ADU6206 COI-5P 550 India 2022-04-17 23.86764, 71.60813
GBMNE47288-22 BOLD:ADU6206 COI-5P 550 India 2022-04-15 24.04423, 73.03199
GBMNE47287-22 BOLD:ADU6206 COI-5P 549 India 2022-02-17 24.54649, 72.2406
GBMNC39386-20 BOLD:ADU6206 COI-5P 684 India - -
GBMHH8865-19 - COI-3P 650 India - 23.5863, 81.173004

Literature