Aleurodicus rugioperculatus

(Aleurodicus rugioperculatus)

Description

Aleurodicus rugioperculatus (known variously as the rugose spiraling whitefly, the gumbo limbo spiraling whitefly or just the spiraling whitefly) is a species of whitefly found throughout the Florida Keys. The fly was first described by Jon H. Martin in 2004.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Aleyrodidae
Genus:Aleurodicus
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