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Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They comprise the family Aleyrodidae, the only family in the superfamily Aleyrodoidea. More than 1550 species have been described. Description and taxonomy The Aleyrodidae are a family in the suborder Sternorrhyncha and at present comprise the entire superfamily Aleyrodoidea, related to the superfamily Psylloidea. The family often occurs in older literature as "Aleurodidae", but that is a junior synonym and accordingly incorrect in terms of the international standards for zoological nomenclature. Aleyrodidae are small insects, most species with a wingspan of less than 3 mm and a body length of 1 mm to 2 mm. Many are so small that their size complicates their control in greenhouses because they can only be excluded by screening with very fine mesh; in fact they can enter mesh so fine that many of their natural enemies cannot come in after them, so that unchecked whitefly population ...
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Aleuroduplidens
Aleyrodidae is a large hemipteran family comprising the whiteflies. It contains the following species: Aleyrodinae Westwood, 1840 *'' Acanthaleyrodes'' Takahashi, 1931 :*'' Acanthaleyrodes callicarpae'' Takahashi, 1931 :*'' Acanthaleyrodes styraci'' Takahashi, 1942 *'' Acanthobemisia'' Takahashi, 1935 :*'' Acanthobemisia distylii'' Takahashi, 1935 :*'' Acanthobemisia indicus'' Meganathan & David, 1994 *'' Acaudaleyrodes'' Takahashi, 1951 :*'' Acaudaleyrodes africanus'' Dozier, 1934 :*'' Acaudaleyrodes ebeni'' Manzari & Alemansoor, 2005 :*'' Acaudaleyrodes pauliani'' Takahashi, 1951 :*'' Acaudaleyrodes rachipora'' Singh, 1931 :*'' Acaudaleyrodes tuberculata'' Bink-Moenen, 1983 *''Acutaleyrodes'' Takahashi, 1960 :*'' Acutaleyrodes palmae'' Takahashi, 1960 *'' Africaleurodes'' Dozier, 1934 :*'' Africaleurodes adami'' Cohic, 1968 :*''Africaleurodes ananthakrishnani'' Dubey & Sundararaj, 2006 :*''Africaleurodes balachowskyi'' Cohic, 1968 :*''Africaleurodes capgrasi'' Cohic, 1968 :*''Afr ...
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