Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes viticis (Takagi, 1970) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

• Andaspis viticis Takagi 1969a: 23. nomen nudum (discovered by Takagi1970, 22).
• Andaspis viticis Takagi 1970: 22-24. Type data: TAIWAN: Heng-chun, on Vitex negundo. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes viticis (Takagi, 1970); Normark, et al. 2019: 62. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Chou1982: pp.189 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Andaspis] Key as: Andaspis viticis
• YoungHu1981a: pp.215 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Andaspis] Key as: Andaspis viticis

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is close to Lepidosaphes mori, but can be told by its head being strewn with granulations or small conical processes, whereas in L. mori it is not. In L. mori the prothorax is strewn with ventral microducts within the lateral margin, although these ducts are variable in number and may at times be obsolete, whereas in L. viticis the prothorax is always devoid of microducts (Takagi, 1970).

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