Valid Names Results
Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa Green, 1925 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa Green 1925: 41-43. Type data: UNITED KINGDOM: England, Surrey, Wisley, Horticultural Society Gardens, on Coelogyne sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Insulaspis kamakurensis; Takahashi 1929: 75-76. misidentification (discovered by Takaha1935, 22).
- Lepidosaphes bladhiae Takahashi 1931b: 379-380. Type data: TAIWAN: Shirin, Heito, on Bladhia sieboldii. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; junior synonym (discovered by Takagi1970, 14). Illustr.
- Parainsulaspis bladhiae (Takahashi, 1931); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. change of combination
- Parainsulaspis laterochitinosa (Green, 1925); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. change of combination Notes: Takagi (1970) synonymized the genus Parainsulaspis Borchsenius with Lepidosaphes Shimer creating the combination Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa, but did not explicitly list it.
- Lepidosaphes spinulosa Beardsley 1966: 543-545. Type data: PALAU: Koror, on Glochidion sp., ?/04/1954, by J. Beardsley. Holotype, female, Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Beards1975, 660). Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 29 | Genera: 42
- Anacardiaceae
- Mangifera indica | Takaha1933
- Apocynaceae
- Alstonia scholaris | Beards1966
- Plumeria rubra | Takagi1970 | (= Plumeria acuminata)
- Araceae
- Aglaonema | PowellMoSt2023
- Epipremnum pinnatum | Takagi1970 | (= Epipremnum mirabile)
- Araliaceae
- Heptapleurum actinophyllum | MartinLa2011 Takagi1970 | (= Schefflera actinophylla)
- Schefflera heptaphylla | Takaha1929 Takaha1935 Takagi1970 | (= Agalma lutchuense) (= Heptapleurum octophyllum),
- Arecaceae
- Areca catechu | Beards1966
- Cocos nucifera | Takagi1960a
- Hyophorbe verschaffeltii | Beards1966
- Asparagaceae
- Asparagus | DanzigPe1998
- Dracaena | Suh2016
- Dracaena fragrans | NormarOkMo2019 | subsp. massangeana
- Rohdea | Suh2016
- Sansevieria | Suh2016
- Casuarinaceae
- Casuarina | Beards1966
- Clusiaceae
- Garcinia | Borchs1966
- Cycadaceae
- Cycas | Takagi1970
- Cycas circinalis | Beards1966 Takagi1970
- Euphorbiaceae
- Hevea | Takagi1970
- Manihot esculenta | Beards1966
- Fagaceae
- Castanea | Tao1999
- Lauraceae
- Machilus japonica | Takagi1970 | var. kusanoi
- Lecythidaceae
- Barringtonia asiatica | Beards1966
- Moraceae
- Artocarpus altilis | Beards1966 | (= Artocarpus communis)
- Myrtaceae
- Psidium | DanzigPe1998
- Oleaceae
- Osmanthus fragrans | EastonPu1999
- Orchidaceae
- Coelogyne | Green1925
- Pentaphylacaceae
- Eurya | Takagi1970
- Eurya japonica | Takagi1970
- Ternstroemia gymnanthera | Tao1999
- Phyllanthaceae
- Glochidion | Beards1966
- Primulaceae
- Ardisia | Takaha1929 Takaha1931b Takaha1932a | (= Bladhia)
- Ardisia crenata | Hua2000
- Ardisia japonica | Tao1999
- Ardisia sieboldii | Takagi1970
- Maesa | Takaha1935
- Rhizophoraceae
- Bruguiera | Beards1966
- Rhizophora mucronata | Beards1966
- Rutaceae
- Citrus | Beards1966
- Schisandraceae
- Illicium anisatum | Takaha1933
- Illicium philippinense | Takagi1970
- Smilacaceae
- Heterosmilax japonica | Takaha1929
- Smilax | Takagi1970
- Smilax china | Takagi1970
- Smilax glabra | Tao1999
- Solanaceae
- Cestrum | Beards1966
- Strelitziaceae
- Ravenala | DanzigPe1998
- Theaceae
- Camellia sinensis | Tao1999
- Verbenaceae
- Citharexylum hexangulare | Beards1966
- Vitaceae
- Vitis | Takaha1933
- Vitis vinifera | Hua2000
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 17
- China
- Guangdong (=Kwangtung) | EastonPu1999
- Hainan | Tao1999
- Xianggang (=Hong Kong) | MartinLa2011
- Yunnan | Tao1999
- Costa Rica | NormarOkMo2019
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Pohnpei Island | Beards1966
- Yap | Beards1966
- Guam | Beards1966
- Hawaiian Islands | Beards1975
- Indonesia | Suh2016
- Japan | Hua2000
- Malaysia | Suh2016
- Malaya | Takagi1970
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Saipan Island | Beards1966
- Palau | Beards1966
- Philippines
- Luzon | Takagi1960a
- Taiwan | Takaha1929
- Thailand | Suh2016
- United Kingdom
- England | Green1925
- United States
- Florida | Stocks2016c
- Florida | PowellMoSt2023
- Vietnam | Suh2016
- Wake Island | Beards1966
Keys
- SuhJi2009: pp.1041-1043 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of armored scales intercepted on imported plants (slide mounted females)]
- Chou1982: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Lepidosaphes]
- Beards1966: pp.535 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to known Micronesian species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes bladhiae
- Balach1954e: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau de détermination des espèces du g. Lepidosaphes]
Remarks
- Systematics: Green (1925) states that Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa is nearly allied to L. tubulorum, from which it differs principally in the incrassated margins of the thorax, and in the smaller number of spiniform processes on the lateral margins of the abdominal segments. Beardsley (1975) states that it is possible that both Lepidosaphes mcgregori and L. cocculi may be identical to L. laterochitinosa, if so, the name L. cocculi (Green) would have priority.
- Structure: Adult female body slender, with the free abdominal segments well lobed laterally, and with the pygidium rounded. Derm at full maturity sclerotized on the mesothorax in a broad lateral area and on the metathorax less extensively. Pygidial lobes rather small (Takagi, 1970). Adult female 0.7-0.9 mm long. Body elongate fusiform, widest across metathorax or abdominal segment 1. Pygidium with median lobes moderately broad and well developed (Beardsley, 1966).
- Biology: Feeding induces an irregular but prominent chlorosis, or yellowing, in the leaf tissue suggestive of a natural variegated leaf color pattern. The chlorotic patch expands as the female matures and as other females settle and form a mixed-age group. (Powell, et al., 2023)
- General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Green (1925) and by Takagi (1970). Detailed photographs in Powell, Moore & Stocks, 2023.
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1969a: distribution, host, 61
- Balach1954e: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 32, 54-57
- Beards1966: distribution, host, taxonomy, 536-537
- Beards1975: distribution, taxonomy, 660-661
- BoratyWi1964: distribution, 88
- Borchs1958a: distribution, 168
- Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1163
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 60-61
- Borchs1978: taxonomy, 106
- Chou1982: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 156, 162-163
- Chou1986: illustration, 578
- Danzig1993: 243
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 287
- EastonPu1999: distribution, host, 103
- Ferris1936: taxonomy, 7
- Green1925: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 41-43
- Hua2000: distribution, host, 156
- Kawai1980: distribution, taxonomy, 250
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 17
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 86
- Kozarz1974: distribution, host, 23
- MalumpBa2012: distribution, host, 33
- MalumpHaSa2012: distribution, host, 6
- MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, host, 41
- Nakaha1981a: distribution, host, 400
- Nishid2002: catalog, 141,142
- NormarJo2010: ecology, host, 3
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 24, 59, S6
- PowellMoSt2023: diagnosis, distribution, host,
- ShiLi1991: host, 164
- Stocks2016c: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, 1-2
- Su1982: distribution, host, 62
- Suh2016: distribution, host, key, 319, 328
- SuhJi2009: distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 1039-1054
- Takagi1960a: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 77
- Takagi1969a: taxonomy, 23
- Takagi1970: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 2, 14-15
- Takagi2003a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 171-173
- Takaha1929: distribution, host, 75-76
- Takaha1931b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 379-380
- Takaha1932a: distribution, host, 103
- Takaha1933: distribution, host, 60
- Takaha1935: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 22-23
- Tang2001: taxonomy, 4
- Tao1978: distribution, host, 97
- Tao1999: distribution, host, 103
- Willia1971b: taxonomy, 9
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 219, 225
- WongChCh1999: distribution, illustration, 29, 71
- Yang1982: distribution, taxonomy, 209, 221
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 166
