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Lepidosaphes pineti Borchsenius, 1958 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes pineti Borchsenius 1958a: 170. Type data: CHINA: Beijing, Pekin, Letnego Dvortsa park, on Pinus sp., 18/08/1954, by N. Borchsenius. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Insulaspis pineti (Borchsenius, 1958); Borchsenius 1963: 1173. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

MillerWiDa2006: pp.35-37 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the conifer infesting species of Lepidosaphes]
Chou1982: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Lepidosaphes]
Willia1971: pp.449 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Insulaspis on Coniferae]

Systematics: Lepidosaphes pineti is close to L. pini, but is well differentiated by the shorter and broader marginal and dorsal glands of the pygidium, longer plates of the pygidium and the shape of the plates (Borchsenius, 1958a).
Structure: Female scale elongate, 2.0-2.4 mm long, brown, narrow depressed light band along the margin. Male scale 0.9 mm long, brown. Adult female elongate, slightly broadened towards the posterior half, approximately 0.8 mm long and 0.4 mm wide (Borchsenius, 1958a).
Biology: L. pineti is sexually reproductive. In China, there are two overlapping generations annually, and they overwinter as fertilised females or second-instar nymphs (Song, 2002). Adult females lay between 10 and 36 eggs beneath the protective scale cover in mid-April. Egg hatch occurs in early May and the crawlers disperse to find suitable feeding sites on the needles. They settle to feed, usually at the base of pine needles, and begin to secrete wax. The second-instar nymph starts to form a protective cover, consisting mainly of wax and exuviae. Adults appear from mid-June, mate and the females lay eggs. By mid-July, the second generation of eggs hatches. Adult males only live for 1–2days and die after mating (Song, 2002).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius (1958a). Table of taxanomic characters distinguishing conifer infesting species in Miller, Williams & Davidson (2006). Photographs in EFSA (2023j).