Aleyrodidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aleyrodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Sternorrhyncha Superfamilia: Aleyrodoidea

Familia: Aleyrodidae
Subfamiliae (3 + 1†): Aleurodicinae – Aleyrodinae – Udamoselinae – †Bernaeinae

Overview of genera

Acanthaleyrodes – Acanthobemisia – Acaudaleyrodes – Acutaleyrodes – Africaleurodes – Agrostaleyrodes – Aleurocanthus – Aleurocerus – Aleurochiton – Aleuroclava – Aleurocybotus – Aleurocyperus – Aleurodicus – Aleuroduplidens – Aleuroglandulus – Aleuroinanis – Aleurolobus – Aleurolonga – Aleuromarginatus – Aleuronudus – Aleuropapillatus – Aleuroparadoxus – Aleuroplatus – Aleuropleurocelus – Aleuroparvus – Aleuroporosus – Aleuropteridis – Aleuroputeus – Aleurothrixus – Aleurotithius – Aleurotrachelus – Aleurotuba – Aleurotuberculatus – Aleurotulus – Aleuroviggianus – Aleurovitreus – Aleyrodes – Aleyrodiella – Anomaleyrodes – Apobemisia – Arachnaleyrodes – Asialeyrodes – Asiothrixus – Asterobemisia – Asterochiton – Austroaleurodicus – Axacalia – Azuraleurodicus – Bakerius – Bellitudo – Bemisaleyrodes – Bemisia – Bemisiella – Brazzaleyrodes – Bulgarialeurodes – Calluneyrodes – Ceraleurodicus – Chitonaleyrodes – Cockerelliella – Cohicaleyrodes – Combesaleyrodes – Corbettia – Costalimada – Covidaleyrodes – Crenidorsum – Crescentaleyrodes – Cryptolingula – Davidiella – Dialeurodes – Dialeurodicus – Dialeurolobus – Dialeurolonga – Dialeuropora – Dialeurotrachelus – Disiphon – Distinctaleyrodes – Dothioia – Dumbletoniella – Editaaleyrodes – Eudialeurodicus – Extensaleyrodes – Fascaleyrodes – Filicaleyrodes – Fippataleyrodes – Gadigaleyrodes – Gagudjuia – Gomenella – Hesperaleyrodes – Heteraleyrodes – Heterobemisia – Himalayaleyrodes – Icfrealeyrodes – Indoaleyrodes – Juglasaleyrodes – Kaieteurodicus – Keralaleyrodes – Laingiella – Lecanoideus – Leonardius – Leucopogonella – Lipaleyrodes – Malayaleyrodes – Marginaleyrodes – Massilieurodes – Metabemisia – Metaleurodicus – Metaleyrodes – Minutaleyrodes – Mixaleyrodes – Nealeyrodes – Neoaleurodes – Nealeurodicus – Neoaleurotrachelus – Neomaskellia – Neopealius – Nigrasialeyrodes – Nipaleyrodes – Octaleurodicus – Odontaleyrodes – Orchamoplatus – Orientaleyrodes – Orstomaleyrodes – Papillipes – Parabemisia – Paraleurolobus – Paraleyrodes – Paulianaleyrodes – Pealius – Pectinaleyrodes – Pentaleyrodes – Peracchius – Plataleyrodes – Pogonaleyrodes – Pseudaleurolobus – Pseudaleuroplatus – Pseudaleyrodes – Pseudcockerelliella – Pseudosynaleurodicus – Pseudozaphanera – Ramsesseus – Rhachisphora – Rosanovia – Rugaleyrodes – Rusostigma – Russellaleyrodes – Septaleurodicus – Setaleyrodes – Simplaleurodes – Singhiella – Singhius – Siphonius – Sphericaleyrodes – Stenaleyrodes – Synaleurodicus – Tegmaleurodes – Tetraleurodes – Tetralicia – Trialeurodes – Trialeurolonga – Trichoaleyrodes – Tuberaleyrodes – Udamoselis – Vasantharajiella – Vasdavidius – Venezaleurodes – Viennotaleyrodes – Xenaleyrodes – Xenobemisia – Yleyrodes – Zaphanera – †Baetylus –

Check (1): Siphoninus

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Aleyrodidae Westwood, 1840

References

Primary references

Westwood, J.O. 1838–1840. Synopsis of the genera of British Insects. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. 158 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

David, B.V. & A. K. Dubey 2008: Aleyrodid (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) fauna of Sri Lanka with description of a new species. Oriental insects, 42: 349–357.
Drohojowska, J.; Szwedo, J. 2011: A new whitefly from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae). Insect systematics & evolution, 42(2): 179–196. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X568470
Dubey, A.K. & Evans, G.A. 2025. Covidaleyrodes flos, a new whitefly genus and species (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting an endemic woody climber, Artabotrys speciosus (Magnoliales: Annonaceae) in the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 5620(2): 379–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5620.2.10 Reference page.
Drohojowska, J.; Szwedo, J. 2013: The first Aleyrodidae from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha). Zootaxa 3636(2): 319–347. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.2.5 Reference page.
Dubey, A.K. 2018. A new whitefly genus and species, Aleuroparvus theae Dubey (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) colonising Assam tea (Camellia sinensis) and Cinnamomum bejolghota, in North-East India. Zootaxa 4486(2): 169–179. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.2.8 Reference page.
Dubey, A.K.; Ko, C-c.; Martin, J.H. 2010: Description of Asiothrixus gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and two new species with diagnoses and a puparial key to species. Zootaxa, 2417: 51–65. Preview PDF
Dubey, A.K. & Singh, S. 2017. A new whitefly genus and species, Himalayaleyrodes sarcococcae Dubey (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) infesting Christmas box (Buxaceae) in Western Himalaya, India. Zootaxa 4269(4): 531–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.4.7. Reference page.
Dumbleton, L.J. 1957: The New Zealand Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera: Homoptera). Pacific science, 11: 141–160. [1]
Hernández-Suárez, E. 2012: The Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) of the Canary Islands with special reference to Aleyrodes, Siphoninus, and the challenges of puparial morphology in Bemisia. Zootaxa, 3212: 1–76. Preview PDF
Lin, Q-S., Lu, L-Q. & Wang, J-R. 2023. A new species of Aleurolobus Quaintance & Baker, 1914 (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) from China infesting Murraya exotica L. Zookeys 1152ː 1–8. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1152.96447 Reference page.
Martin, J.H. 2011: Description of a new genus and species of whitefly from Lafoensia pacari in Brazil (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae, Aleurodicinae). Zootaxa, 2790: 54–60. Preview
Martin, J.H. & Mound, L.A. 2007. An annotated check list of the world’s whiteflies (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Zootaxa 1492: 1–84. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.
Shcherbakov, D.E. 2000. The most primitive whiteflies (Hemiptera; Aleyrodidae; Bernaeinae subfam. nov.) from the Mesozoic of Asia and Burmese amber, with an overview of Burmese amber hemipterans. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 56(1): 29–37. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Vásquez-Ordóñez, A.A., Hazzi, N.A., Escobar-Prieto, D., Paz-Jojoa, D. & Parsa, S. 2015. A geographic distribution database of the Neotropical cassava whitefly complex (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) and their associated parasitoids and hyperparasitoids (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 545: 75-87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.545.6193 Full article Reference page.

Vernacular names

čeština: Molice
dansk: Mellus
Deutsch: Mottenschildläuse
English: Whiteflies
suomi: Jauhiaiset
français: Mouches blanches
magyar: Liszteskék
日本語: コナジラミ科
Nederlands: Witte vliegen
українська: Білокрилки