HOST PLANTS an‎d DISTRIBUTION OF SOME WHITEFLIES SPECIES (HEMIPTERA, ALEYRODIDAE) IN THE MIDDLE OF IRAQ

en species ofwhiteflies(Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) representing six genera were studied from a collection from different localities in the middle of Iraq. These species areAcaudaleyrodes rachipora (Singh, 1931);Bemisia afer(Priesner and Hosny,1934); Bemisia tabaci(Gennadius, 1889);Dialeurodes citri(Ashmead,1885); Dialeurodes kirkaldy(Kotinsky, 1907); Neomaskellia andropogonisCorbett, 1926; Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday, 1835); Trialeurodes ricini(Misra, 1924); Trialeurodes vapovariorum(Westwood,1856) and Trialeurodes irakeensis(Al-Malo and Abdul-Rassoul, 2000). Notes are given on their localities, date of collection and host plants.