Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes crataegicola Savescu, 1985 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes crataegicola Savescu 1985: 128-130. Type data: ROMANIA: Bucarest, on Crataegus oxyacantha, 1950. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Bucarest: Academie des Sciences Agricoles et Forestieres, Romania; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale mytiliform, with clear exuviae, 2.0-3.0 mm long and 0.50-0.77 mm long. Male scale is yellow with yellow exuviae, 1.0-1.2 mm long and 0.32-0.35 mm wide. Female body pyriform, opaque white, pygidium orange; 1.2-1.6 mm long and 0.62-0.70 mm wide (Savescu, 1985).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Savescu (1985).

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