Genus:  Aleurotulus Quaintance & Baker 

 Nomenclature  [Quaintance & Baker 1914:  101] :

Aleurotulus

Biology [Quaintance & Baker 1914:  101] :  Puparia case small, ellyptical to oval, usually light color (except for some, such as  Aleurotulus anthuricola Nakahara)

Distribution: Widespread (Australasia, Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic geographical regions)

Taxonomy [Quaintance & Baker 1914:  101] : margin of case usually dentate;  submarginal fold, furrow or row of tubercles absent, but short transverse ridge may be present;  vasiform orifice subchordate,  somewhat round with operculum occupying about 1/3 the size of the orifice;  Lingula long, spinulose, knobbed and excluded.

Natural Enemies:  See species list below; or click here for link.

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Aleurotulus anthuricola Nakahara

NOMENCLATURE  [Nakahara 1989: 436]  :

Aleurotulus anthuricola Nakahara 1989

DISTRIBUTION [Nakahara 1989: 436] : Australasia: USA (Hawaii);  Neotropical:  Barbados,  Colombia,  Domenica,  Guadelupe,  Martinique, Trinidad

HOST [Singh 1931: 88] :  Araceae: Anthurium

Aleurotulus arundinacea Singh 

NOMENCLATURE  [Singh 1931: 88]  :

Aleurotulus arundinacea Singh 1931

DISTRIBUTION [Singh 1931: 88] : Australasia [Martin 1985: 321] :  Papua New Guinea;  Palaearctic: India

HOST [Singh 1931: 88] :  Poaceae: Bambusa arundinacea

Aleurotulus laneus sp. nov.

NOMENCLATURE  [Martin 2005:  267-27, 70]  :

Aleurotulus laneus sp. nov.

DISTRIBUTION [Martin 2005:  267-27, 70]: Neotropical: Belize

HOST [Martin 2005:  267-27, 70]:  Poaceae: Lasiacis sp.

 

Aleurotulus maculata Singh 

NOMENCLATURE  [Singh 1931: 89]  :

Aleurotulus maculata Singh 1931

DISTRIBUTION [Singh 1931: 89] : Palaearctic: India

HOST [Singh 1931: 89]  : Moraceae: Ficus religiosa

Aleurotulus mundurura Bondar 

NOMENCLATURe :

Aleurotulus mundurura Bondar 1923: 131

DISTRIBUTION [Bondar 1923: 131]: Neotropica [Martin 2005: 28]:  Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Trinidad

HOST [Bondar 1923: 131]  :  Loganaceae:  ?Strychnos sp. [Martin 2005: 28];   Melastomataceae: Miconia sp.

Aleurotulus nephrolepidis (Quaintance)

NOMENCLATURE:

Aleurotulus nephrolepidis (Quaintance) 1900

Aleuroplatus kewensis Trehan 1938: 183

Aleyrodes extraniens Bemis 1904: 526

Aleurodes filicium Goeldi [Douglas 1891: 44]

DISTRIBUTION: Afrotropical [Douglas 1891: 44] : Canary Islands [Gomez-Menor 1954] ,  Malagasy [Mound 1966: 40]  ; Nearctic [Douglas 1891: 44] :  USA (CA, FL, PA) [Evans, Dooley & Gill 2006: 48] [Quaintance & Baker 1914: 29] [Bemis 1904: 526]   [SEL] ;  Neotropical [Douglas 1891: 44] : Brazil [Gomez-Menor 1954] ;    Palaearctic [Douglas 1891: 44] :  Spain [Gomez-Menor 1954] ;    United Kingdom  [Mound 1966: 40]  [Mound and Halsey 1978: 340]  [Trehan 1938: 183]  [NHM, London]

HOST:Indet: [Mound 1966: 40] [Gomez-Menor 1954] ;   Aspidiaceae:  Stenosema aurita  [Visnya 1941: 1-19] ,   Aspleniaceae: Asplenium cuneatum [Bondar 1923: 183] ; Nephrodium confluens [Mound 1966: 40]  [Trehan 1938: 183] ;  Blechnaceae: Blechnum brasiliensis [Gomez-Menor 1954] ,  B. occidentale [Visnya 1941: 1-19] ;   Dryopteridaceae: Diplazium proliferum [Trehan 1938: 183] ,  Dryopteris flaccida [Trehan 1938: 183] ,  Nephrolepis sp [Quaintance 1900: 29] ,  Oleandra africana [Trehan 1938: 183] ,  O.  articulata  [Mound 1966: 40] , Polystichum falcatum [Trehan 1938: 183] ,   Tectaria molle[Gomez-Menor 1954] ;  Pteridaceae:  Acrostichum [Douglas 1891: 44] ,  Acrostichum capense [Bemis 1904: 526] ,  Pteris biaurita [Visnya 1941: 1-19] ,   P. togoensis  [Mound and Halsey 1978: 340] ,    Schizaeaceae: Anemia sp. [Trehan 1938: 183]  ;  Thelypteridaceae: Cyclosorus dentatus [Mound and Halsey 1978: 340]

NATURAL ENEMIES:

Aleurotulus pteridophyta Martin

NOMENCLATURE:

Aleurotulus pteridophytae Martin

DISTRIBUTION: Neotropical:  Costa Rica

HOST: Indet [Martin]

NATURAL ENEMIES:  Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae: Encarsia sueloderi.