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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2018, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (7): 173-180.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20180719

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Three Species of Whiteflies(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Infesting Bamboo in China

Wang Jirui1, Zheng Chenyi2, Du Yuzhou3, Wang Hao1, Zhou Guoxin1, Xu Zhihong1   

  1. 1. School of Agricultural & Food Science, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University Lin'an 311300;
    2. Yuhang Forest Pest Control and Quarantine Station of Hangzhou Hangzhou 311100;
    3. School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University Yangzhou 225009
  • Received:2017-04-25 Revised:2017-05-23 Online:2018-07-25 Published:2018-08-11

Abstract: [Objective]This aimed to investigate the whitefly species infesting bamboos in China to provide a basis for species identification and pest control.[Method]The whitefly was collected on bamboos, and the specimens were mounted on glass slides and observed under a microscope.[Result]In this paper, three species of whitefly infesting bamboos are reported:Aleurocanthus longispinus Quaintance & Baker, a newly recorded species in China; Aleurolobus marlatti (Quaintance), a new host-plant association; as well as Crenidorsum multipapillus (Singh). We re-describe the morphological characteristics of puparium of the three species and provide the host plants, geographic distribution and the live images, slide photographs of the three whitefly species. The specimens have been deposited in the Insect Collection of Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University, China. In addition, we surveyed literature and found that there are totally 21 whitefly species in 11 genera belonging to one subfamily, which are harmful to bamboo plants in the world.[Conclusion]There are three whitefly species which harm bamboos in the southern and eastern China. In the future, the scope of investigation on whitefly should be expanded to further know well the whitefly species and distribution as well as their harm to bamboos in China.

Key words: bamboo plants, Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae, newly recorded species, China

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