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Issue: Vol. 83 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.83.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of South American whitefly (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) colonising cultivated bay laurel

Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, UK
Hemiptera Whiteflies South America bay laurel Laurus nobilis Lauraceae quarantine assessment

Abstract

Aleuroplatus biluminiporus sp. nov. is described here from fresh bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) leaves imported into Britain from South America. Its taxonomic affinities are discussed. The potential problems posed to the herb and ornamental plant industry by this species are considered.

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