Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes shikohabadensis Dutta, 1990 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes shikohabadensis Dutta 1990: 153-156. Type data: INDIA: Uttar Pradesh, Shikohabad, on Mangifera indica. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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Remarks

• Structure: Female 1.28 mm long, 0.34 mm wide, flat, elongate, with concentric fine layers pale white with small dark spots scattered throughout and with only one anteriorly extended exuviae. Male 1.4 mm long, 0.37 mm wide, flat, thick, elongate, white to very light pink (Dutta, 1990).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Dutta (1990).

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