Invasion and establishment of Bondar’s nesting whitefly, Paraleyrodes bondari Peracchi (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Indian mainland and Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Authors

  • C.V. Vidya
  • R. Sundararaj
  • A.K. Dubey
  • Haseena Bhaskar
  • Mani Chellappan
  • M.K. Henna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v44i2.443

Abstract

Invasion and establishment of Bondar’s nesting whitefly, Paraleyrodes bondari Peracchi in Indian mainland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands is reported. This forms the first report of P. bondari from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Host range of Bondar’s nesting whitefly in India is discussed. Partial sequence of cytochrome c oxidase I gene for P. bondari is submitted to GenBank (MK333262).

Author Biographies

C.V. Vidya

Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680656, Kerala, India.

R. Sundararaj

Forest and Wood Protection Division, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bengaluru 560003, Karnataka, India.

A.K. Dubey

Zoological Survey of India, Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre, Haddo, Port Blair 744102, India.

Haseena Bhaskar

Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680656, Kerala, India.

Mani Chellappan

Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680656, Kerala, India.

M.K. Henna

Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur 680656, Kerala, India.

Published

2019-06-29

How to Cite

Vidya, C., Sundararaj, R., Dubey, A., Bhaskar, H., Chellappan, M., & Henna, M. (2019). Invasion and establishment of Bondar’s nesting whitefly, Paraleyrodes bondari Peracchi (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Indian mainland and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ENTOMON, 44(2), 149–154. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v44i2.443

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Short Communications