Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes flava (Signoret, 1870) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

Mytilaspis flava Targioni Tozzetti 1868: 737. nomen nudum (discovered by DanzigPe1998, 285).
Mytilaspis flava Signoret 1870: 96-97. Type data: ITALY: on Olea sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Vienna: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria; accepted valid name Notes: Although some workers have treated Targioni Tozzetti as the author of flava (Signoret 1870, Borchsenius, 1966), Targioni Tozzetti's treatment is not a valid description and Signoret is the true author of the species.
Lepidosaphes flava (Signoret, 1870); Kirkaldy 1902: 111. change of combination
Lepidosaphes destefanii Leonardi 1907b: 167-168. Type data: ITALY: Palermo, on Phillyrea media, by T. DeStefani. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1963, 1168). Illustr.
Scrupulaspis destefanii (Leonardi, 1907); MacGillivray 1921: 289. change of combination
Mytilaspis fulva Signoret, 1870; Borg 1922: 82. misspelling of species epithet
Lepidosaphes palestinensis Bodenheimer 1924: 50. Type data: ISRAEL: near Tel-Aviv, on Olea europaea. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by Bodenh1953, 16). Notes: No syntypes in ICVI. Illustr.
Lepidosaphes phillyreae Bodenheimer, 1924; Koroneos 1934: 80-83. change in status (level)
Lepidosaphes conchiformis phillyreae Koroneos 1934: 73-74. Type data: GREECE: Latomion, Volos-Ghoritsa, on Phillyrea media. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by Bodenh1953, 16). Notes: Koroneos types are presumed lost. Illustr.
Lepidosaphes conchiformis destefanii Leonardi, 1907; Sachtleben 1935: 148. change of combination
Mytilococcus destefanii (Leonardi, 1907); Lupo 1939: 106. change of combination
Mytilaspis conchyformis (Koroneos, 1934); Bodenheimer 1949: 122. change of combination
Mytilococcus conchyformis destefanii (Leonardi, 1907); Bodenheimer 1949: 127. change of combination
Mytilococcus De Stefanii (Leonardi, 1907); Costantino 1950: 12. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

De Stefan scale McKenz1956

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 5

Fabaceae

Ceratonia siliqua | PellizPoSe2011

Oleaceae

Ligustrum | Gill1997
Olea europaea | Bodenh1924 PellizPoSe2011
Phillyrea angustifolia | Goux1941a
Phillyrea latifolia | Leonar1907b | (= Phillyrea media)

Rhamnaceae

Rhamnus lycioides | GomezM1968

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Aphelinidae

Aphytis aonidiae | BelgueBiBe2017
Aphytis lepidosaphes | BelgueBiBe2017
Aphytis mytilaspidis | BelgueBiBe2017
Encarsia fasciata | NikolsYa1966 | (= Prospaltella fasciata)

Coccinellidae

Chilocorus bipustulatus | BelgueBiBe2017

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 22

Algeria | PellizFo1996

Armenia | Borchs1949d

Azerbaijan | PellizFo1996

Bulgaria | PencheYo2016

Corsica | Balach1954e

Crete | PellizPoSe2011

Croatia | MastenSi2008

Cyprus | PellizFo1996

France | Balach1954e Foldi2001

Greece | Korone1934

Hawaiian Islands

Kauai | Nishid2002

Israel | BenDov2012 Bodenh1924

Italy | Leonar1907b LongoMaPe1995

Sicily | Costan1950 LongoMaPe1995

Montenegro | Balach1954e

Sardinia | PellizFo1996

Spain | GomezM1937

Syria | DanzigPe1998

Tunisia | Balach1954e

Turkey | DanzigPe1998

Turkmenistan | Balach1954e

Ukraine

Krym (=Crimea) Oblast | Balach1954e

United States

California | McKenz1956

Keys

Gill1997: pp.169 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to California species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes destefanii
Danzig1993: pp.248 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes]
Danzig1971d: pp.842 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of family Diaspididae] Key as: Lepidosaphes flava
GomezM1956: pp.73 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes of Spain] Key as: Lepidosaphes destefanii
McKenz1956: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes destefanii
Balach1954e: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau de détermination des espèces du g. Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes destafanii
MacGil1921: pp.289 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Scrupulaspis] Key as: Scrupulaspis destefanii

Remarks

Systematics: Borchsenius (1966) places L. destefanii as a junior synonym of L. flava, however Ferris (1937) considers flava to be a nomen nudum (without a description and thus not useable) and Gill (1997) follows that concept. We accept Signoret (1870) as the validation source for the species.
Structure: Female scale brown, elongate, mytiliform, 2.4-3.0 mm long. Male puparium clear brown, 1.8 mm long (Balachowsky, 1954e).
Biology: In Italy there is only one generation per year and the insect overwinters as a mature fertilized female. Each female produces 25-30 eggs. Males emerge from August until early November (Bibolini, 1958).
Economic Importance: Miller & Davidson (1990) list this insect as a pest. Bibolini (1958) treats it as a serious pest of olives.
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Balachowsky (1954e) and Gill (1997).

Illustrations

Citations

Balach1954e: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 34, 76-81
BazaroSh1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 58-60
BelgueBiBe2017: biological control, natural enemies, 123, 127, 128
BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 31, 43
BenDovHa1986: distribution, host, 29
Biboli1958: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 5-47
BicheArMe2022: distribution, host, 506
Bodenh1924: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 50-51
Bodenh1943: taxonomy, 7
Bodenh1949: taxonomy, 126
Bodenh1953: taxonomy, 16-17
Borchs1949d: distribution, taxonomy, 209
Borchs1950b: distribution, taxonomy, 186
Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1168
Borchs1963a: distribution, taxonomy, 255
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 54
Borchs1973: distribution, taxonomy, 255
Borg1919: description, distribution, 11, 18
Borg1922: description, distribution, 82
Bustsh1958: description, distribution, 185, 193
CharleHe2002: distribution, taxonomy, 590,608-609
Colvee1882: distribution, taxonomy, 15
Comsto1883: description, distribution, host, 123
Comsto1916: description, distribution, host, 584
Costan1950: distribution, host, 12
Danzig1964: description, distribution, taxonomy, 649
Danzig1971d: taxonomy, 842
Danzig1972: distribution, host, taxonomy, 215
Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 248, 274, 276-277
DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 284-285
Dougla1886: distribution, host, 249
FarahbMo1975: distribution, host, 66
Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 308
Ferris1937a: taxonomy, 5
Foldi2001: distribution, 306
Foldi2003: distribution, 152
FoldiGe2018: distribution, 10
Gharbi2021: biology, distribution, host, structure, 11
Gill1997: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 169, 172-173, 181
GomezM1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 164, 172-173
GomezM1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 73, 81-83
GomezM1958a: distribution, host, 7, 12
GomezM1968: distribution, host, 547
Goux1941a: distribution, host, 40
Herce1926: distribution, economic importance, host, 53
HertinSi1972: biological control, 182
Kirkal1902: taxonomy, 111
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 17
Korone1934: 73, 81, 83
KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 85
Lashin1956: distribution, host, taxonomy, 129-130
Leonar1898: taxonomy, 47
Leonar1907b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 167-168
Leonar1918: distribution, host, 211
Leonar1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 151, 165-166
Lindin1912b: taxonomy, 371, 372
Lindin1932g: taxonomy, 225
Lindin1933c: taxonomy, 168
Lindin1936: taxonomy, 158, 159
Lindin1954: taxonomy, 618
LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 127
Lupo1939: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 70, 106-109
MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 289
MalumpHaSa2012: distribution, host, 5
Martin1983: distribution, host, 56
MastenSi2008: catalog, distribution, host, 105-118
McKenz1945: taxonomy, 53
McKenz1956: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 33, 119-121
MifsudMaRu2014: distribution, 517
MillerDa1990: economic importance, taxonomy, 303
MilonaKoKo2008a: distribution, 143-147
Morgan1890a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 226-228
Nakaha1982: distribution, host, taxonomy, 48
NikolsYa1966: biological control, 280
Nishid2002: catalog, 142
Osborn1953: distribution, host, 215
Pegazz1951: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 291-299
Pelliz2011: distribution, 312
PellizChMi2015: distribution, 62,69
PellizFo1996: distribution, host, taxonomy, 121, 134
PellizPoSe2011: distribution, host, 295,298
PencheYo2016: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, list of species, 19, 26
PooleGe1997: distribution, 349
Sachtl1935: taxonomy, 148
Signor1870: distribution, host, taxonomy, 96
Targio1868: host, taxonomy, 737
Targio1879a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 8-9
Targio1881: distribution, host, taxonomy, 159
Terezn1968b: distribution, host, 50
Terezn1968c: distribution, host, 49
Terezn1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 74, 77
Terezn1982: distribution, host, taxonomy, 58
Terezn1986: 38
Vayssi1921: distribution, host, 341
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 228, 229
Wise1977: distribution, taxonomy, 107
Wu1935: distribution, host, 239