EPPO Global Database

Aleurocanthus citriperdus(ALECCT)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
Evans (2007) records it as present in Japan but according to Japanese sources, this insect is absent from Japan and is has a quarantine status.
References
* Dubey AK, Ko CC (2012) Sexual dimorphism among species of Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Taiwan, with one new species and an identification key. Zootaxa 3177, 1-23.
------- Citing Evans.

* Evans G (2007) The whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) of the world and their host plants and natural enemies. 708 pp. https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/whitefly/PDF_PwP%20ETC/world-whitefly-catalog-Evans.pdf
------- Intercepted in the USA on consignments from Japan. Recorded as present in Japan with an asterisk which possibly means under glasshouse (unclear in the document).

* INTERNET
- Japanese Whitefly Gallery. http://tamagaro.net/whitefly/97.html (accessed 2022-11).
- Quarantine Pest List of Japan (Annexed Table 1 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Plant Protection Act). https://www.maff.go.jp/pps/j/law/houki/shorei/E_Annexed_Table1_from_20210428.html (accessed 2022-11).