Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes erythrinae Rutherford, 1914 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes erythrinae Rutherford 1914: 264. Type data: SRI LANKA: Peradeniya, on Erythrina sp.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Andaspis erythrinae (Rutherford, 1914); Rao & Ferris 1952: 19. change of combination
• Lepidosaphes erythrinae Rutherford, 1914; Normark, et al. 2019: 61. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Matile1988: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis on Leguminosae] Key as: Andaspis erythrinae
• Willia1963b: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis] Key as: Andaspis erythrinae
• RaoFe1952: pp.22 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis] Key as: Andaspis erythrinae

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale about 2mm long; exuviae at one end golden-brown; secretion very dark brown. Male scale similar, but smaller; white in region of "hinge" and often caudal of "hinge." Adult elongated; cephalothorax large, sides straight, tapering slightly towards the anterior end, which is rounded (Rutherford, 1914).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration by Rao & Ferris (1952).

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