Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes luzonica Robinson, 1917 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes luzonica Robinson 1917: 35-36. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Benguet, Baguio, on Ficus sp., by Baker. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type material presumed lost as it is neither in USNM nor in Colorado. Illustr.

Common Names

• Luzon scale VelasqRi1969

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale brownish white or very pale brown, about 2 mm long, broadly elongated, slightly convex; exuviae light reddish brown. Male scale about 1.75 mm long, white, not carinate, sides nearly parallel; exuviae pale yellow. Adult female pale yellow, dark brown at time of gestation (Robinson, 1917).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Robinson (1917).

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