Valid Names Results
Leucaspis mixta Boer & Valentine, 1977 (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Leucaspis mixta Boer & Valentine 1977: 156-157. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Nelson, Whangamoa Saddle, on Pseudowintera axillaris, 18/09/1968, by J.A. de Boer. Holotype, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 5
- Araliaceae
- Neopanax arboreus | BoerVa1977 | (= Pseudopanax arboreum)
- Pseudopanax crassifolius | BoerVa1977
- Meliaceae
- Dysoxylum spectabile | BoerVa1977
- Proteaceae
- Knightia excelsa | BoerVa1977
- Winteraceae
- Pseudowintera axillaris | BoerVa1977
- Pseudowintera colorata | BoerVa1977
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- New Zealand
- North Island | BoerVa1977
- South Island | BoerVa1977
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Leucaspis mixta has been misidentified as L. gigas. The 2nd instar female of L. mixta is very similar to 2nd instar females of L. morrisi and L. ohakunensis, but the adult females have quite different pygidial plates (Boer & Valentine, 1977).
- Structure: Scale cover white, thin, transparent, fragile, occasionally absent in adult females. Adult female and eggs creamy, enclosed in medium to dark brown 2nd-instar female, which is heavily sclerotized except for pygidium. Adult female broadly oval, 1.2-1.8 mm long. Derm membranous; mid venter with fine, scaly granulations; pygidium and few prepygidial segments relatively granulate (Boer & Va1entine, 1977).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Boer & Valentine (1977).
Illustrations
Citations
- BoerVa1977: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 156-157
- Deitz1979b: distribution, taxonomy, 23
