Valid Names Results

Leucaspis greeni Brittin, 1937 (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Leucaspis greeni Brittin 1937: 290. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Ohakune, on Winteria (=Wintera) colorata. 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 greeni is close to L. cordylinidis in size and shape, but differs in having only two supplementary groups. The parastigmatic groups are slightly larger, and the squamulae more broadly fimbriate (Brittin, 1937).
• Structure: Female scale elongate, narrow, straight, secretion dirty white; larval exuviae light brown. Male scale similar but smaller. Adult female elongate, broadest across the abdominal half of the body, tapering towards the cephalic extremity (Brittin, 1937).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Brittin (1937).

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