Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes cornuta Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1937 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes cornutus Ramachandran & Ramakrishna Ayyar 1934: 70. nomen nudum (discovered by Ramakr1937, 147).
• Lepidosaphes cornutus Ramakrishna Ayyar 1937: 147. Type data: INDIA: North Arcot District, Thirukulum, on Piper betle. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Lepidosaphes cornuta Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1937; Miller, D.R., Gimpel, M.E. & Williams, D.J. 2003: 946. emendation that is justified Notes: This was originally a manuscript name by E.E. Green. (Williams, 2017a)

Common Names

• betelvine scale insect JoshiMa1966

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

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Remarks

• Systematics: Lepidosaphes cornutus resembles L. piperis, but differs in the short tubercular spine on either side of the head (Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1937). Borchsenius (1966) treated this species as an incertae sedis.
• Structure: Female scale is light to dark brown, with posterior end slightly broadened (Muthukrishnan & Gopalan, 1965).

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