| molecular evidence for multiple phylogenetic groups within two species of invasive spiny whiteflies and their parasitoid wasp. | the invasive orange spiny whitefly (osw) aleurocanthus spiniferus has extended its distribution to non-native areas since the early 20th century. in a similar manner, the invasive tea spiny whitefly (tsw) a. camelliae has been expanding over east asia in recent decades. in this study, the genetic diversity of osw and tsw and of their important parasitoid wasp encarsia smithi was investigated in china and japan to enable more efficient biological control policies. we detected two phylogenetic gro ... | 2016 | 26782948 |
| 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 |
| isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite loci for a parasitoid wasp, encarsia smithi (silvestri) (hymenoptera: aphelinidae). | the parasitoid wasp encarsia smithi is an important agent in the classical biological control of two species of invasive spiny whiteflies, aleurocanthus spiniferus and aleurocanthus camelliae. to evaluate the performance of parasitism indexed by genetic diversity, a highly polymorphic genetic marker is required. in this report, nine microsatellite loci are described for e. smithi. the microsatellite loci were obtained through the construction of an enriched library and exhibited polymorphisms (2 ... | 2012 | 23271368 |
| the complete mitochondrial genome of aleurocanthus camelliae: insights into gene arrangement and genome organization within the family aleyrodidae. | there are numerous gene rearrangements and transfer rna gene absences existing in mitochondrial (mt) genomes of aleyrodidae species. to understand how mt genomes evolved in the family aleyrodidae, we have sequenced the complete mt genome of aleurocanthus camelliae and comparatively analyzed all reported whitefly mt genomes. the mt genome of a. camelliae is 15,188 bp long, and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, two rrna genes, 21 trna genes and a putative control region (genbank: ku761949). the ... | 2016 | 27827992 |