MYCOSIS OF BANDEDWINGED WHITEFLY (TRIALEURODES-ABUTILONEA) (HOMOPTERA, ALEYRODIDAE) CAUSED BY ORTHOMYCES-ALEYRODIS GEN-AND-SP-NOV (ENTOMOPHTHORALES, ENTOMOPHTHORACEAE)

Authors
STEINKRAUS DG OLIVER JB HUMBER RA GAYLOR MJ
Citation
Dg. Steinkraus et al., MYCOSIS OF BANDEDWINGED WHITEFLY (TRIALEURODES-ABUTILONEA) (HOMOPTERA, ALEYRODIDAE) CAUSED BY ORTHOMYCES-ALEYRODIS GEN-AND-SP-NOV (ENTOMOPHTHORALES, ENTOMOPHTHORACEAE), Journal of invertebrate pathology (Print), 72(1), 1998, pp. 1-8
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of invertebrate pathology (Print) → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222011
Volume
72
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1 - 8
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2011(1998)72:1<1:MOBW((>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A new genus and species of fungus, Orthomyces aleyrodis Steinkraus, Hu mber & Oliver gen. & sp, nov. (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) is described. In 1994 and 1995, this fungus caused epizootics in high po pulations of bandedwinged whitefly (Trialeurodes abutilonea) on cotton and cocklebur in Alabama. In 1996, T. abutilonea populations were low er and no infected specimens were found. This is the first report of a n entomophthoralean infecting an aleyrodid in the New World and the fi rst report of entomophthoralean epizootics in whiteflies, (C) 1998 Aca demic Press.