Valid Names Results
Voraspis olivina (Leonardi, 1913) (Diaspididae: Voraspis)Nomenclatural History
- Lepidosaphes olivina Leonardi 1913c: 68-70. Type data: ERITREA: on Oleae sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Chionaspis olivina (Leonardi, 1913); Silvestri 1915: 262. change of combination
- Lepidosaphes olivina Leonardi, 1913; Borchsenius 1966: 50. revived combination (previously published)
- Voraspis olivina (Leonardi, 1913); Normark, et al. 2019: 62. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Oleaceae
- Olea | Leonar1913c
- Olea europaea | Silves1915 | ssp. cuspidata (= Olea chrysophylla)
Foes:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Coccinellidae
- Chilocorus distigma | Silves1915
- Eulophidae
- Aprostocetus sicarius | Fulmek1943
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Eritrea | Leonar1913c
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Hall (1946a) lists this species as indeterminate, not Lepidosaphes.
- Structure: Adult female elongate. Female scale cream colored (Leonardi, 1913c).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Leonardi (1913c).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 50
- Fulmek1943: biological control, catalog, 24
- Hall1946a: distribution, taxonomy, 551
- Leonar1913c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 68-70
- NormarOkMo2019: phylogeny, taxonomy, 62, 71
- SchildSc1928: distribution, host, 268
- Silves1915: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 262-263
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 228
