Aleurocanthus spiniferus

(Quaintance, 1903) · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aleyrodidae/Aleurocanthus

At a glance

Occurrence records132

Data sources8

Biological traits0

DNA specimens119

eDNA detections91

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Aleurocanthus spiniferus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility132 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI91 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics119 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF132 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 4 countries91 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD119 specimens

01Narrative

Aleurocanthus spiniferus, the citrus spiny whitefly, is an important pest of citrus and tea plants. They are part of the order Hemiptera, and the family Aleyrodidae, where more than 1550 species have been described. A. spiniferus is indigenous to parts of tropical Asia, where it was first discovered in Japan. Since its discovery, it has now spread to numerous continents including Africa, Australia, America, Pacific Islands and Italy. Wherever it is found, it has become a highly destructive pest. Two populations of A. spiniferus have been found according to the plant or crop they infest: the citrus spiny whitefly, as well as the tea spiny whitefly.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding119 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aleurocanthus spiniferus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens119

BINs6

Marker genes12

eDNA detections91

Countries8

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P655 bp consensus40 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 70% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 196 variable positions, in barcode order

1Tvariable

2Avariable

4Gmostly conserved

10Tvariable

11Gvariable

13Gmostly conserved

19Cvariable

20Amostly conserved

22Tmostly conserved

28Tvariable

31Avariable

32Tmostly conserved

34Tvariable

35Gmostly conserved

37Gvariable

40Avariable

43Tmostly conserved

46Avariable

47Tvariable

49Gmostly conserved

52Tmostly conserved

53Cvariable

55Tvariable

56Tvariable

58Avariable

59Gvariable

64Tmostly conserved

67Amostly conserved

70Amostly conserved

73Amostly conserved

74Avariable

76Amostly conserved

77Avariable

78Tmostly conserved

79Avariable

81Cmostly conserved

85Cmostly conserved

88Tmostly conserved

90Avariable

94Tmostly conserved

95Amostly conserved

96Tmostly conserved

97Gmostly conserved

100Cvariable

103Tmostly conserved

106Gmostly conserved

107Gvariable

118Tmostly conserved

119Tmostly conserved

121Amostly conserved

124Avariable

128Gmostly conserved

130Amostly conserved

136Avariable

145Gmostly conserved

160Tmostly conserved

167Tmostly conserved

169Amostly conserved

172Tmostly conserved

181Cvariable

187Tvariable

193Gmostly conserved

196Avariable

202Tvariable

209Amostly conserved

211Tmostly conserved

214Avariable

217Tmostly conserved

223Tmostly conserved

226Gvariable

238Cvariable

239Tmostly conserved

241Gmostly conserved

244Tmostly conserved

248Tmostly conserved

250Avariable

253Cvariable

259Avariable

260Tmostly conserved

262Avariable

263Cvariable

265Amostly conserved

266Gmostly conserved

274Tvariable

275Tvariable

277Tmostly conserved

278Gmostly conserved

280Amostly conserved

283Amostly conserved

286Gmostly conserved

287Tvariable

288Gvariable

292Avariable

295Tvariable

298Gmostly conserved

299Tvariable

301Avariable

302Avariable

304Tvariable

307Tmostly conserved

310Tvariable

313Tvariable

316Amostly conserved

319Tvariable

322Tmostly conserved

325Cvariable

331Tmostly conserved

334Gmostly conserved

340Tmostly conserved

343Tmostly conserved

344Cvariable

346Tvariable

349Amostly conserved

352Avariable

355Cmostly conserved

364Tmostly conserved

367Tvariable

368Avariable

370Gvariable

371Tmostly conserved

+76 more variable positions not shown

TATGTATTTTGTGTTTGGCATTTGAAGTGGATTTGTGGGAACTTCATTGAGTCTTTTAGTTCGTAGAGAATTAATAATAACTGGCTCTTA …

Variant network

Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.

Diversity (π)12.1%

Haplotypes6

BINs6

Most divergent pair22.3%

AsiaOceania

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-3P★COI-5PCOIICOXIIICYTBND1ND2ND3ND4ND4LND5-0ND6

animal barcodemitochondrial

Organelle genome

Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.

▸ Tap any coloured segment — or a gene chip — to see what it is

Mitochondrion

NC_029155 ↗ · 13 protein · 21 tRNA · 2 rRNA

COX1COX2ATP8ATP6ND5ND4ND4LND6CYTBND1ND3COX3ND216S ribosomal RNA12S ribosomal RNA

◖ violet arc = the COI-5P barcode — the ~650 bp read used to ID this species

Pick a coloured segment on the ring — or a gene chip — to read what that gene does.

protein-codingrRNAtRNA

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type132 records

Wild obs. + sensor35

Museum / vouchered97

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO212 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 17≤1 km 3≤10 km 2>10 km 3

25 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor35

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 97 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence97

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
DPIlocation not on record	77
Mangilao, GU	4
KCMNlocation not on record	2

3 institutions · 83 of 97 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA91 detections

Where the DNA of Aleurocanthus spiniferus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found91

Studies independent surveys1

Countries4

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 91 detections have coordinates

Open the map4 countries0

3. Shrubland|3.5. Subtropical/Tropical Dry S…

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median15.5 °C -6.80–25.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.4 °C

Max temp (day)18.6 °C -0.8–32.5

Min temp (night)11.0 °C -12.8–18.2

Precipitation11.2 mm/mo 1.60–376

Air humidity49.6 % 46.9–66.5

Moisture balance-28.2 mm/mo -118–286

Vapour deficit628 Pa 190–1,767

Wind speed2.40 m/s 1.60–3.70

Cloud cover27.7 % 17.2–42.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 26 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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