| characterization of paecilomycescinnamomeus from the camellia whitefly, aleurocanthus camelliae (hemiptera: aleyrodidae), infesting tea in japan. | the whitefly, aleurocanthus camelliae kanmiya and kasai (hemiptera: aleyrodidae), is an invasive species in japan that was first discovered in 2004 on tea in kyoto. soon after its arrival epizootics of an entomopathogenic fungus were observed in populations of the whitefly in many tea-growing regions. here we identify this fungus as paecilomyces cinnamomeus (petch) samson and w. gams (hypocreales: clavicipitaceae) based on morphological characteristics and molecular analyses. this is the first r ... | 2012 | 22330093 |