Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes lasianthi (Green, 1900) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Mytilaspis lasianthi Green 1900a: 253-254. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, on Lasianthus strigosus, ?/11/????. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes lasianthi (Green, 1900); Fernald 1903b: 310. change of combination
• Insulaspis lasianthi; Borchsenius 1963: 1172. subsequent use Notes: Balachowsky (1954e): synonymized the genus Insulaspis Mamet with Lepidosaphes Shimer creating the combination Lepidosaphes lasianthi, but did not explicitly list it.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MacGil1921: pp.281 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
• Robins1917: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
• Leonar1903: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Mytilaspis] Key as: Mytilaspis lasianthi

Remarks

• Systematics: Lepidosaphes lasianthi has been confused with L. tokionis in Micronesian (Beardsley, 1966). Takagi (1970) states that records of this species in Hawaii, the Philippines and North America are all misidentifications of L. tokionis, thus it would appear that references by Fleury (1938), Robinson (1917) and Ferris (1938a) are also misidentifications.

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