Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes kuwacola Kuwana, 1925 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes kuwacola Kuwana 1925a: 23-25. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Nishigahara, Tokyo, on Morus sp., and Ginkgo sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes ume Kuwana 1925a: 25-27. Type data: JAPAN: Yokkaichi, on Prunus mume, summer 1924, by K. Tanaka & I. Morino. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; junior synonym (discovered by Takaha1955e, 74). Illustr.
• Eucornuaspis kuwacola (Kuwana, 1925); Borchsenius 1963: 1168. change of combination
• Cornimytilus kuwacola (Kuwana, 1925); Yang 1982: 203. change of combination Notes: Takagi (1970) synonymized the genus Cornimytilus Borchsenius with Lepidosaphes Shimer creating the combination Lepidosaphes kuwacola.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 16 | Genera: 22

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Paik1978: pp.337 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
• Takagi1960: pp.92 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
• Takaha1955e: pp.69 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
• Kuwana1925a: pp.4 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes ume

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale elongate, widened posteriorly, often curved, tough, with concentric layers of growth noticeable, brown, first exuviae pale yellow and second brown. Ventral scale complete and dusky white. Male scale similar to female, smaller, sides nearly parallel, exuviae pale yellow. Adult female elongate, much narrower towards anterior end, abdominal region widest, not heavily chitinized and pale purple (Kuwana, 1925a).
• Economic Importance: Miller & Davidson (1990) list this insect as a pest.
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Kuwana (1925a) and Kawai (1980).

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