Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead, 1885)
citrus whitefly
polyphagous, mainly on Citrus
puparia © Florida Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
parasite
Puparia on the undersides of the leaves, sometimes in high densities, causing chlorosis and malformations of the leaves.
host plants
Citrus aurantium, limon, nobilis, reticulata;Diospyros kaki; Fraxinus angustifolia; Gardenia jasminoides; Hedera;Jasminum sambac; Ligustrum lucidum, sinense; Piper; Rosa.
Outside of Europe a broadly polyphagous species, but within Europe, where the species has been introduced, almost exclusively on Citrus.
distribution within Europe
references
Hernández-Suárez, Martin, Gill ao (2012a), Jensen (2001a), Kozár & Bink-Moenen (1988a), Malumphy & Mifsud (2012a), Malumphy, Ostrauskas & Pye (2009a), Malumphy, Radonjić, Hrnčić & Raičević (2015a), Martin, Mifsud & Rapisarda (2000a), Mifsud (1995a), Pérez Hidalgo, Mier Durante & Umaran (2015a), Seljak (2013a), Šimala, Masten Milek & Korić (2009a), Tayyib, Mukhtar, Yousuf & Akbar (2019a), Ulusoy, Karut, Özdemi̇r, ao (2012a).