Valid Names Results

Leucaspis signoreti Signoret, 1870 (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Leucaspis Signoreti Targioni Tozzetti 1868: 735. nomen nudum (discovered by Signor1870, 100).
Leucaspis signoreti Signoret 1870: 100-101. Type data: FRANCE: on Pinus sp. CORSICA: on Pinus sp.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name
Leucaspis (Euleucaspis) corsa Lindinger 1905: 252-253. Type data: CORSICA: Vizzavona, on Pinus larcicio. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Hamburg: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat von Hamburg, Germany; junior synonym (discovered by Green1915, 460).
Leucaspis (Euleucaspis) signoreti Signoret, 1870; Lindinger 1906: 26. change of combination
Leucaspis Signoreti mauretanica Balachowsky 1928a: 138-139. Type data: ALGERIA: Kabyle, on Pinus nigra mauretanica, ?/05/1927, by Mr. Peyerimhoff. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Lindin1935, 140). Illustr.
Leucodiaspis signoreti (Signoret, 1870); 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).

Common Names

Signoret's pine scale KosztaKo1988F
Southern Europe pine scale MillerDa1990

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Pinaceae

Cedrus | BicheArMe2022
Cedrus atlantica | BicheArMe2022
Pinus | Balach1928a Balach1953g Signor1870
Pinus nigra | NormarOkMo2019
Pinus pinaster | Lindin1905
Pinus sylvestris | Colema1903

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 5

Aphelinidae

Ablerus atomon | KosztaKo1988F | (= Azotus atomon)
Aphytis abnormis | Fulmek1943
Aphytis luteus | RosenDe1979
Aphytis mytilaspidis | BelgueBiBe2017
Encarsia citrina | HuangPo1998 KosztaKo1988F | (= Aspidiophagus citrinus)
Encarsia intermedia | Yasnos1978 | (= Prospaltella intermedia)
Encarsia leucaspidis | HertinSi1972 | (= Prospaltella leucaspidis)

Encyrtidae

Anthemus leucaspidis | KosztaKo1988F
Parasauleia trjapitzini | KosztaKo1988F

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 12

Algeria | Balach1928a

Corsica | Signor1870

Cyprus | KosztaKo1988F

France | Foldi2001 Signor1870

Georgia (Republic of) | BatsanKaKi2017

Italy | KosztaKo1988F

New Zealand

South Island | Britti1937

Romania | KosztaKo1988F

Russia

Moscow Oblast | Balach1953g

Sardinia | Balach1953g PellizFo1996

Turkey | NormarOkMo2019

Ukraine | Balach1953g

Keys

KosztaKo1988F: pp.356 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Leucaspis]
Britti1937: pp.285 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Leucaspis]
Balach1928a: pp.135 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Leucaspis in North Africa] Key as: Leucaspis signoreti mauretanica
MacGil1921: pp.265 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Leucaspis]
Leonar1907c: pp.70 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Leucaspis]
Lindin1906: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Leucaspis Euleucaspis] Key as: Leucaspis Euleucaspis signoreti

Remarks

Biology: In Corsica, L. signoreti was observed at elevations of up to 1,400 m (Balachowsky, 1953g).
Economic Importance: Miller & Davidson (1990) list this insect as a pest.

Illustrations

Citations

Ali1970: catalog, taxonomy, 18
AndersWuGr2010: phylogeny, taxonomy, 996-1003
Balach1928a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 135, 136, 138-139
Balach1931a: distribution, host, structure, 98
Balach1953g: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 847, 848, 853-857
BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, host, 260
BelgueBiBe2017: biological control, natural enemies, 128
BicheArMe2022: distribution, host, 510
Borchs1950b: distribution, taxonomy, 176
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 214-215
Britti1937: taxonomy, 283, 285, 300
Colema1903: distribution, host, 84
Comsto1883: distribution, taxonomy, 129
Comsto1916: distribution, taxonomy, 590
DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 298
Ferris1936a: illustration, taxonomy, 21, 51
Ferris1938a: taxonomy, SII-147
FetykoKoDa2010: distribution, 295
Foldi2000: distribution, host, 84
Foldi2001: distribution, 306
Foldi2003: distribution, 152
FoldiGe2018: distribution, 10
Fulmek1943: biological control, catalog, distribution, 54
Garcia1930: biological control, 70
Green1915: taxonomy, 460, 466
Hadzib1983: distribution, taxonomy, 207, 210
HertinSi1972: biological control, 186
Hoke1925: physiology, 58
HuangPo1998: biological control, 1860
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 17
KosztaKo1978: distribution, host, taxonomy, 162, 163
KosztaKo1988F: biological control, distribution, host, taxonomy, 356, 359-360
KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 85
Leonar1903b: taxonomy, 15
Leonar1906b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 5, 6-9
Leonar1907c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 70, 71-74
Leonar1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 118, 125-127
Lindin1905: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 252-253
Lindin1906: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 10, 26, 34-35
Lindin1912b: taxonomy, 254
Lindin1932b: taxonomy, 107
Lindin1935: taxonomy, 140
LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 127
LongoMaPe1999a: distribution, 147
Lupo1944: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 207, 208, 223-230
MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 265
MalumpRe2011: distribution, 73
MillerDa1990: economic importance, taxonomy, 303
NikolsYa1966: biological control, 237, 261
NormarOkMi2019: phylogeny, 688
NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, taxonomy, 25, 78, S6
Pelliz2011: distribution, 312
PellizFo1996: distribution, 122
RosenDe1979: biological control, distribution, 761
Sander1906: catalog, taxonomy, 12
Signor1870: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 100-101
SoriaMoVi2000: distribution, host, 339
Targio1868: host, taxonomy, 735
Terezn1959b: taxonomy, 447
Terezn1959c: distribution, taxonomy, 795, 797
WeidneWa1968: distribution, host, 177
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 231
Yasnos1978: biological control, 501
Zahrad1972: distribution, taxonomy, 445