Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes piperis (Green, 1908) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Mytilaspis piperis Green 1908a: 34-35. Type data: INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Madras, on Piper nigrum, by C.A. Barber. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes piperis (Green, 1908); Sanders 1909a: 57. change of combination
• Cornuaspis piperis (Green, 1908); Borchsenius 1963: 1168. change of combination Notes: Balachowsky (1954e): synonymized the genus Cornuaspis MacGillivray with Lepidosaphes Shimer creating the combination Lepidosaphes piperis.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MacGil1921: pp.284 ( ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale brownish red, exuviae bright reddish, 2.25-3.0 mm long, 0.70 mm wide. Male scale similar, but smaller, 1.25 mm long. Adult female with crowded series of small dorsal pores on the pygidium, median lobes small (Green, 1908a).
• Economic Importance: Lepidosaphes piperis can sometimes severely infest black pepper (Piper sp.) (Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1919).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1908a).

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