Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes cassiniae (Green, 1905) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Mytilaspis cassiniae Green 1905b: 4-5. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Myrniong, on Cassinia aculeata, by R. Brown. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Lepidosaphes cassiniae (Green, 1905); Sanders 1906: 17. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MacGil1921: pp.284 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale long and narrow, sides subparallel, often curved, dull reddish brown. Exuviae reddish, almost concealed, 2.75-3.5 mm long. Male scale similar in color, but shorter and straighter, about 1 mm. Adult female deep reddish-brown (Green, 1905b).
• General Remarks: Best description by Green (1905b).

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