Pealius azaleae (Baker & Moles, 1920)
azalea whitefly
on Rhoodendron
parasite
Puparia 0.7-0.8 mm, flattened, oval, yellow with a fine marginal fringe of wax, in numbers at the undersides of the leaves.
host plants
Ericaceae, monophagous
Rhododendron indicum, mucronatum, ponticum, pulchrum, schlippenbachii, simsii.
phenology
Two generations; hibernation as 4th instar larvae, that form puparia in march.
distribution within Europe
references
Franquinho Aguiar (1998a), Bink, Bink-Moenen & Woets (1980a), Martin, Mifsud & Rapisarda (2000a), Seljak (2012a).