Three species of the Whitefly genus Dialeuropora Quaintance & Baker viz., D. decempuncta (Quaintance & Baker), D. heptapora Regu & David and D. pterolobiae David & Subramanium are known to occur in India. Studies on the host plants indicated that D. decempuncta infests 34 plant species of which 16 are new host records, D. heptapora infests only Hiptage sp., while D. pterolobiae in 9 host plants of which eight are new host records.
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Manuscript Published on 01 June 2007
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