Dialeurodes chittendeni Laing, 1928
(Rhododendron Whitefly)

Interactions where Dialeurodes chittendeni is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		sucks sap of live leaf			Rhododendron	rhododendrons and azaleas	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aleyrodidae/Dialeurodes chittendeni/	Dialeurodes chittendeni	rhododendron whitefly					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron/	Rhododendron	rhododendrons and azaleas		live	leaf				(esp. 6-7)
		sucks sap of live leaf			Rhododendron campylocarpum	a cultivated rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aleyrodidae/Dialeurodes chittendeni/	Dialeurodes chittendeni	rhododendron whitefly					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron campylocarpum/	Rhododendron campylocarpum	a cultivated rhododendron		live	leaf
		sucks sap of live leaf			Rhododendron catawbiense	a cultivated rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aleyrodidae/Dialeurodes chittendeni/	Dialeurodes chittendeni	rhododendron whitefly					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron catawbiense/	Rhododendron catawbiense	a cultivated rhododendron		live	leaf
		sucks sap of live leaf			Rhododendron caucasicum	a cultivated rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aleyrodidae/Dialeurodes chittendeni/	Dialeurodes chittendeni	rhododendron whitefly					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron caucasicum/	Rhododendron caucasicum	a cultivated rhododendron		live	leaf
		sucks sap of live leaf			Rhododendron ponticum	Rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aleyrodidae/Dialeurodes chittendeni/	Dialeurodes chittendeni	rhododendron whitefly					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron ponticum/	Rhododendron ponticum	rhododendron		live	leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Dialeurodes chittendeni (Rhododendron Whitefly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

INSECTA
(true insects)

Dialeurodes chittendeni (Rhododendron Whitefly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ALEYRODIDAE
(whiteflies)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Dialeurodes chittendeni (Rhododendron Whitefly)
Family	ALEYRODIDAE (whiteflies)
Superfamily	ALEYRODOIDEA (whiteflies)
Suborder	STERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Dialeurodes chittendeni is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dialeurodes chittendeni (Rhododendron Whitefly)

Dialeurodes chittendeni (Rhododendron Whitefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dialeurodes chittendeni (Rhododendron Whitefly):

ALEYRODIDAE
(whiteflies)

STERNORRHYNCHA
(a suborder of bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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