Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes australis Borchsenius, 1966 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Mytilaspis pallens alba Maskell 1896b: 388. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney, on Xanthorrhoea sp., by W.W. Froggatt. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior homonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 47). Replacement name for Mytilaspis albus Cockerell 1893p
- Lepidosaphes pallens alba (Maskell, 1896); Fernald 1903b: 312. change of combination Notes: Mytilaspis was discovered to be a junior synonym of Lepidosaphes
- Mytilaspis alba Maskell, 1896; Ferris 1941d: 271. change in status (level)
- Lepidosaphes australis Borchsenius 1966: 47. replacement name Replacement name for Mytilaspis pallens alba Maskell 1896b
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Asphodelaceae
- Xanthorrhoea | Maskel1896b
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- New South Wales | Maskel1896b
Keys
- Cocker1899f: pp.14 ( Adult (F) ) [Australian species of Mytilaspis] Key as: Mytilaspis pallens v. alba
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale snowy-white, elongated, narrow. Exuviae terminal, pale yellow. Male scale similar, but smaller, not carinated (Maskell, 1896b).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 47
- Cocker1899f: distribution, taxonomy, 14
- DeitzTo1980: distribution, taxonomy, 32
- Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 312
- Ferris1941d: taxonomy, 271
- Leonar1898: taxonomy, 46
- Maskel1896b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 388
