{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,7]],"date-time":"2026-09-07T20:02:07Z","timestamp":1788811327709,"version":"build-2803163510"},"reference-count":37,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"5","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,25]],"date-time":"2023-01-25T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1674604800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/termsAndConditions#vor"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Microscopy Res &amp; Technique"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,5]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title><jats:sec><jats:label\/><jats:p>Precise identification of exotic whiteflies is a prerequisite to curb the invasive potential on to a new geographical location and to evolve effective management strategies. Conventionally, whitefly taxonomy is based on the description of the fourth\u2010instar nymph or puparium, however, in the current investigation egg to adult morphology along with morphometrics of rugose spiraling whitefly (RSW), <jats:italic>Aleurodicus rugioperculatus<\/jats:italic> Martin was critically analyzed and various morphological characteristics were illustrated. The morphometric analysis revealed that in the immature life stages of the pest, the length: width ratio decreased with each successive life stage, such as the egg, first, second, third, and fourth instar (2.472\u2009\u00b1\u20090.071, 1.913\u2009\u00b1\u20090.020, 1.550\u2009\u00b1\u20090.045, 1.297\u2009\u00b1\u20090.034, and 1.174\u2009\u00b1\u20090.058\u2009mm), respectively. Across different nymphal instars, the shape of lingula was greatly modified from tongue\u2010like to triangle\u2010shaped. The number and distribution of compound pores also vary among the different nymphal stages. The ultra\u2010structures of the antenna through electron\u2010microscopy depicted finer details of sensory cones. The modulation in the shape and the structural arrangement of microtrichia on the plate was illustrated. The study indicated accurate diagnosis of various stages of RSW for effective interception of goods at quarantine stations and thus preventing the entry of exotic pests into the country.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Research Highlights<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Microscopy\u2010based (light and scanning electron microscopy) morphological characterization of rugose spiraling whitefly, (<jats:italic>Aleurodicus rugioperculatus<\/jats:italic> Martin).<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<\/jats:list><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/jemt.24292","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,25]],"date-time":"2023-01-25T05:39:38Z","timestamp":1674625178000},"page":"529-538","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Microscopy\u2010based morphological characterization of rugose spiraling whitefly, (<i>Aleurodicus rugioperculatus<\/i> Martin)\u2010an exotic pest on coconut in India"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"86","author":[{"given":"Edayakkal","family":"Saneera","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Entomology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University  Coimbatore India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Swaminathan","family":"Raguraman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Entomology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University  Coimbatore India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3439-9254","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Malaichamy","family":"Kannan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Entomology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University  Coimbatore India"},{"name":"Centre for Agricultural Nanotechnology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University  Coimbatore India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arulappan","family":"Josephrajkumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Crop Protection ICAR\u2010Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Regional Station  Kayamkulam India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Subramanian","family":"Jeyarani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Agricultural Entomology Tamil Nadu Agricultural University  Coimbatore India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3956\/2015-91.2.168"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","volume-title":"Revision of the African whiteflies (Aleyrodidae), mainly based on a collection from Tchad","author":"Bink\u2013Monen R. M.","year":"1983"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","first-page":"227","volume-title":"Whiteflies: Their bionomics, pest status and management","author":"Byrne D. N.","year":"1990"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-3032.1988.tb00478.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1603\/0013-8746(2001)094[0512:MAMDMA]2.0.CO;2"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","first-page":"169","article-title":"Structure di Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) e loro funzioni (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)","volume":"60","author":"Domenichini G.","year":"1982","journal-title":"Mem Sot Entomol Ltaliana"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.11646\/zootaxa.3616.6.2"},{"issue":"9","key":"e_1_2_9_9_1","first-page":"8423","article-title":"Biology, distribution and host range of new invasive pest of India coconut rugose spiralling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin in Tamil Nadu and the status of its natural enemies","volume":"11","author":"Elango K.","year":"2019","journal-title":"International Journal of Agriculture Sciences"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1653\/024.099.0134"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-virology-031413-085410"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_12_1","first-page":"13","volume-title":"Whiteflies: Their bionomics, pest status and management","author":"Gill R. J.","year":"1990"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_13_1","first-page":"5","volume-title":"Bemisia: Bionomics and management of a global pest","author":"Gill R. J.","year":"2010"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1653\/0015-4040(2005)88[518:AIGTTW]2.0.CO;2"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_9_15_1","first-page":"722","article-title":"First report of rugose spiraling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on coconut in Gujarat, India","volume":"8","author":"Jethva D. M.","year":"2020","journal-title":"Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s42690-022-00777-8"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18520\/cs\/v119\/i7\/1101-1105"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kumar V. McKenzie C. L. Mannion C. Stocks I. Smith T. &Osborne L. S.(2013).Rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatusMartin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). EENY578. University of Florida IFAS extension.http:\/\/entnemdept.ufledu\/creatures\/orn\/Aleurodicusrugioperculatus.htm","DOI":"10.32473\/edis-in1015-2013"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/sysbio\/syab098"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.11646\/zootaxa.681.1.1"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.11646\/zootaxa.1835.1.1"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.11646\/zootaxa.1492.1.1"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_23_1","unstructured":"Mohan C. Josephrajkumar A. Babu M. Prathibha P. S. Krishnakumar V. Hegde V. &Chowdappa P.(2017).Invasive rugose Spiralling whitefly on coconut technical bulletin No. 117 (centenary series 60) ICAR\u2010CPCRI Regional Station Kayamkulam p. 16."},{"key":"e_1_2_9_24_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0305-0491(99)00177-7"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/aesa\/78.4.506"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_26_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5958\/0974-8172.2020.00125.X"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_27_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Quaintance A. L. &Baker A. C.(1913).Classification of the aleyrodidae part I technical series Bureau of Entomology. United States Department of Agriculture 27 1\u201393.","DOI":"10.5962\/bhl.title.123077"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_28_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.31018\/jans.v13iSI.2807"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_29_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18311\/jbc\/2017\/16015"},{"issue":"4","key":"e_1_2_9_30_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"365","DOI":"10.33307\/entomon.v41i4.227","article-title":"First report of the invasive rugose spiraling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from the old world","volume":"41","author":"Shanas S.","year":"2016","journal-title":"Entomon"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_31_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tree.2012.07.013"},{"issue":"10","key":"e_1_2_9_32_1","first-page":"349","article-title":"Invasion of the rugose spiraling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Pollachi tract of Tamil Nadu India","volume":"103","author":"Srinivasan T.","year":"2016","journal-title":"The Madras Agricultural Journal"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_33_1","unstructured":"Stocks I. C. &Hodges G.(2012).The rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatusMartin a new exotic whitefly in South Florida (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services division of plant industry rugioperculatus\u2010pest\u2010alert.Pdf."},{"key":"e_1_2_9_34_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s126000-017-0567-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_35_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Taravati S. Mannion C. Glenn H. &Osborne L.(2013).Natural enemies of rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatusMartin (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in the South Florida landscape. ENY\u2010870. University of Florida IFAS Extension.http:\/\/edis.ifas.ufl.edu\/pdffiles\/IN\/IN100400.pdf.IN\/IN100400.pdf","DOI":"10.32473\/edis-in1004-2013"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_36_1","unstructured":"Waterhouse D. F. &Norris K. R.(1989).Aleurodicus dispersusRussell. Biological control: Pacific prospects\u2010supplement 1 ACIAR monograph No.12 ACIAR Canberra Australia. pp. 13\u201322."},{"key":"e_1_2_9_37_1","first-page":"107","article-title":"Application of non\u2010morphological characters in taxonomy of whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)","volume":"23","author":"Yan F. M.","year":"2001","journal-title":"Entomotaxonomia"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_38_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0121820"}],"container-title":["Microscopy Research and Technique"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/jemt.24292","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1002\/jemt.24292","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1002\/jemt.24292","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,16]],"date-time":"2025-10-16T13:43:12Z","timestamp":1760622192000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/jemt.24292"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,25]]},"references-count":37,"journal-issue":{"issue":"5","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,5]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1002\/jemt.24292"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jemt.24292","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1059-910X","1097-0029"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1059-910X","type":"print"},{"value":"1097-0029","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,25]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2022-11-11","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2023-01-06","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2023-01-25","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}