Valid Names Results

Leucaspis hoheriae Brittin, 1937 (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Leucaspis hoheriae Brittin 1937: 298-299. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Nelson, on Hoheria sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.

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 hoheriae is similar to L. cordylinidis, but differs in the paratrophic pores of the adult female which in this species are large and in the additional pair of supplementary groups (Brittin, 1937).
• Structure: Female scale elongate, narrow, straight, covered with a semi-transparent white secretion. Male scale similar, but smaller. Adult female elongate, narrow, widest across middle (Brittin, 1937).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Brittin (1937).

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