Genus:  Aleurotuba Tremblay & Iaccarino 1978

Nomenclature [Tremblay & Iaccarino, 1978]:

Aleurotuba

Aleurotrachelus

Aleyrodes

Biology: Puparia normally dark brown to black. 

Distribution: Palaearctic & Nearctic represented by one species.

Taxonomy: Margin. Dentate, not differentiated at caudal or thoracic marginal openings with glands present at the base of the marginal teeth giving the appearance of a double row of teeth. Dorsum. Longitudinal fold on the cephalothorax sometimes present separating the dorsal disc; rhachis present with or without arms; vasiform orifice subcircular to subchordate, longer than wide with an exserted lingula or it is obscured by operculum Chaetotaxy. Cephalic setae present or absent,  A₈ and caudal setae present;  A1 setae thickened and close to median lone. Separated from Aleurotrachelus by the presence of thoracic robust setae that are narrowed medially.

Natural Enemies: See species list below.

Aleurotuba jelenekii Frauenfeld

Nomenclature:

Aleurotuba jelenekii Frauenfeld

Aleurotrachelus jelinekii (Frauenfeld) 1867

Aleyrodes (Frauenfeldiella) jelinekii form alba (Frauenfeld) 1867

Aleyrodes (Frauenfeldiella) jelinekii (Frauenfeld) 1867

Frauenfeldiella jelinekii (Frauenfeld) 1867

Distribution: Nearctic:  USA (CA [Evans, Dooley & Gill 2006: 47]);  Neotropical: Colombia [Evans, Dooley & Gill 2006:47];  Palaearctic [Evans, Dooley & Gill 2006:47]:  France,  Germany,  Greece,  Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom,  USSR, Yugoslavia

Host: Caprifoliaceae: Viburnum tinus  [Frauenfeld 1867], V.  rotundifolia [Zahradnik 1962]; Ericaceae: Arbutus unedo [Frauenfeld 1867]; Myrtaceae: Myrtus communis  [Frauenfeld 1867] 

Natural Enemies:  Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae: Encarsia aleurotubae,  E.  margaritiventris,  E. tricolor, Eretmocerus longicornis; Platygastridae: Amitus aleurotubae