Valid Names Results

Leucaspis elaeocarpi Brittin, 1937 (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Leucaspis elaeocarpi Brittin 1937: 297-298. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Westport, on Elaeocarpus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Britti1937: pp.285 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Leucaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Leucaspis elaeocarpi is close to L. melicytidis, from which it can be separated by the different shaped lobes, the different shape and larger number of squamulae and by the presence of a sub-anterior group of supplementary pores (Brittin, 1937).
• Structure: Female scale elongate, narrow, straight, secretion very thin, white. Larval exuviae dark-brown. Male scale similar, but smaller, pure white. Adult female elongate, narrow, with 2 slight constrictions near middle of body (Brittin, 1937).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Brittin (1937).

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