Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes ixorae Cockerell & Robinson, 1915 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes ixorae Cockerell & Robinson 1915a: 425-426. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Los Baños, on Ixora coccinea, 05/01/1915, by C.F. Baker. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Coccomytilus ixorae (Cockerell & Robinson, 1915); MacGillivray 1921: 293. change of combination
- Lepidosaphes ixorae Cockerell & Robinson, 1915; Borchsenius 1966: 49. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- santan scale VelasqRi1969
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Rubiaceae
- Ixora coccinea | Robins1917
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Philippines | Robins1917
- Luzon | Ali1969a
Keys
- MacGil1921: pp.293 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Coccomytilus] Key as: Coccomytilus ixorae
- Robins1917: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale broadly elongate, somewhat convex, often curved, about 3.5 mm long, surface with ridges diverging from a center near the exuviae; exuviae orange. Adult female elongate-oval, abdominal segments produced; laterally, bearing spines (Robinson, 1917).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Cockerell & Robinson (1915a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1969a: distribution, host, 57
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 49
- CockerRo1915a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 425-426
- MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 293
- Robins1917: description, distribution, host, 34, 36
- VelasqRi1969: distribution, taxonomy, 197
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 225
