Valid Names Results

Leucaspis podocarpi Green, 1929 (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Leucaspis podocarpi Green 1929: 385-386. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Christchurch, on Podocarpus totarae, 02/12/1920. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Willia1985c,140). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Leucodiaspis podocarpi (Green, 1929); Lindinger 1932: 107. emendation that is unjustified Notes: Kirkaldy (1904a) considered Leucaspis Signoret 1869 preoccupied by Leucaspis Burmeister, 1835, in the Hymenoptera and suggested that the Signoret name be replaced with Leucodiaspis. Ferris (1936a) rejected this, considering it unnecessary (Morrison & Morrison, 1966).
Aspidiotus flavus; Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 297. incorrect synonymy
Diaspis Candida; Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 297. incorrect synonymy
Leucaspis affinis; Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 297. incorrect synonymy

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Systematics: Danzig & Pellizzari (1998) list Leucaspis candida Targioni Tozzetti, L. flavus Signoret and L. affini Leonardi as junior synonyms of L. podocarpi. All three of these species have long been treated as synonyms of L. pini. We have been unable to find an explanation of this change and consider it to be erroneous.
Structure: Female scale ovate; larval exuviae naked and projecting anteriorly, the nymphal exuviae concealed beneath the opaque white, closely felted secretionary appendix, 2.5-3.0 mm long. Adult female broadly ovate, widest behind the median area, narrowed anteriorly, 0.5-0.75 mm long (Green, 1929).
Biology: The adult female remains inside the exuviae of the second (middle) instar (Williams, 1985c).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Green (1929) and by Williams (1985c).