Lepidosaphes

Lepidosaphes
Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell scale) on tree — an introduced pest insect. At Rock Corral Campground in Milford, Utah, the Western United States
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Diaspididae
Subtribe:	Lepidosaphidina
Genus:	Lepidosaphes Shimer, 1868
Synonyms [1]
Triaspis

Lepidosaphes beckii, Spain

Lepidosaphes pini, New Jersey

Lepidosaphes gloverii, Cook Islands

Lepidosaphes is a genus of armored scale insects in the family Diaspididae. There are at least 190 described species in Lepidosaphes, found worldwide. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 191 species belong to the genus Lepidosaphes: ^{[3] [4]}

• Lepidosaphes abdominalis Takagi, 1960
• Lepidosaphes aberrans Lindinger, 1909
• Lepidosaphes abietis (Signoret, 1870)
• Lepidosaphes afganensis Borchsenius, 1962
• Lepidosaphes agalegae (Mamet, 1974)
• Lepidosaphes alnicola (Borchsenius, 1978)
• Lepidosaphes ambigua Rutherford, 1914
• Lepidosaphes antakaranae Mamet, 1959
• Lepidosaphes antidesmae (Rao, 1952)
• Lepidosaphes araucariae Beardsley, 1965
• Lepidosaphes arcana (Matile-Ferrero, 1988)
• Lepidosaphes australis Borchsenius, 1966
• Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman, 1869) (Machilus oystershell)
• Lepidosaphes belutchistana Balachowsky, 1954
• Lepidosaphes betulae (Borchsenius, 1967)
• Lepidosaphes boguschi McDaniel, 1972
• Lepidosaphes buzenensis (Kuwana, 1909)
• Lepidosaphes camelliae Hoke, 1921 (camellia parlatoria scale)
• Lepidosaphes carolinensis Beardsley, 1966
• Lepidosaphes cassiniae (Green, 1905)
• Lepidosaphes casuarinae (Maskell, 1893)
• Lepidosaphes celtis Kuwana, 1925
• Lepidosaphes ceodes Kawai, 1972
• Lepidosaphes chamaecyparidis Takagi & Kawai, 1966
• Lepidosaphes chinensis Chamberlin, 1925 (Chinese lepidosaphes scale)
• Lepidosaphes chitinosus Lindinger, 1909
• Lepidosaphes citricola (Young & Hu, 1981)
• Lepidosaphes citrina (Borchsenius, 1964) (Indian citrus scale)
• Lepidosaphes cocculi (Green, 1896) (cocculus scale)
• Lepidosaphes conchiformis (Gmelin, 1790) (Mediterranean fig scale)
• Lepidosaphes conocarpi (Takagi, 2003)
• Lepidosaphes contorta Laing, 1929
• Lepidosaphes coreana (Borchsenius, 1962)
• Lepidosaphes corni Takahashi, 1957
• Lepidosaphes cornuta Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1937 (betelvine scale insect)
• Lepidosaphes corrugata Green, 1904
• Lepidosaphes cortrioides (Froggatt, 1914)
• Lepidosaphes crassa (Froggatt, 1914)
• Lepidosaphes crataegicola Savescu, 1985
• Lepidosaphes crawi (Cockerell, 1896)
• Lepidosaphes crudiae Lindinger, 1909
• Lepidosaphes cupressi Borchsenius, 1958
• Lepidosaphes cycadicola Kuwana, 1931
• Lepidosaphes daphniphylli (Borchsenius, 1978)
• Lepidosaphes defecta (Maskell, 1897)
• Lepidosaphes diaspidiformis Malenotti, 1916
• Lepidosaphes dorsalis Takagi & Kawai, 1966
• Lepidosaphes duponti Green, 1916 (Dupont scale)
• Lepidosaphes elmerrilleae Williams & Watson, 1988
• Lepidosaphes erythrinae Rutherford, 1914
• Lepidosaphes esakii Takahashi, 1939 (Dupont scale)
• Lepidosaphes eucalypti (Froggatt, 1914) (eucalyptus mussel scale)
• Lepidosaphes europae Mamet, 1956
• Lepidosaphes euryae (Kuwana, 1902)
• Lepidosaphes eurychlidonis Williams & Watson, 1988
• Lepidosaphes ficicola Takahashi, 1931
• Lepidosaphes flava (Signoret, 1870) (De Stefan scale)
• Lepidosaphes froggatti Laing, 1929
• Lepidosaphes fulleri Fernald, 1903
• Lepidosaphes garambiensis Takahashi, 1933
• Lepidosaphes garciniae (Young & Hu, 1981)
• Lepidosaphes geniostomae Williams & Watson, 1988
• Lepidosaphes giffardi (Adachi & Fullaway, 1953)
• Lepidosaphes glaucae Takahashi, 1932
• Lepidosaphes gloverii (Packard, 1869) (Glover scale)
• Lepidosaphes granati Koroneos, 1934 (dzhid comma armored scale)
• Lepidosaphes grisea (Maskell, 1890)
• Lepidosaphes huangyangensis (Young & Hu, 1981)
• Lepidosaphes huyoung Normark, 2019
• Lepidosaphes incisor Green, 1916
• Lepidosaphes indica (Borchsenius, 1967)
• Lepidosaphes ixorae Cockerell & Robinson, 1915 (santan scale)
• Lepidosaphes janguai Balachowsky, 1954
• Lepidosaphes japonica (Kuwana, 1902) (Kusamaki scale)
• Lepidosaphes jingdongensis (Young & Hu, 1981)
• Lepidosaphes juniperi Lindinger, 1912 (juniper comma scale)
• Lepidosaphes junipericola (Tang, 1986)
• Lepidosaphes kamakurensis Kuwana, 1925
• Lepidosaphes kamerunensis Lindinger, 1909
• Lepidosaphes karkarica Williams & Watson, 1988
• Lepidosaphes kashicola Takahashi, 1957
• Lepidosaphes kazimiae (Williams, 1963)
• Lepidosaphes keteleeriae Ferris, 1953
• Lepidosaphes kuwacola Kuwana, 1925
• Lepidosaphes lactea (Maskell, 1895)
• Lepidosaphes lasianthi (Green, 1900)
• Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa Green, 1925
• Lepidosaphes laurentina (Almeida, 1971)
• Lepidosaphes leei Takagi, 1970
• Lepidosaphes lidgetti (Cockerell, 1899)
• Lepidosaphes lithocarpi Takahashi, 1934
• Lepidosaphes lithocarpicola (Tang, 1986)
• Lepidosaphes lobulata (Froggatt, 1914)
• Lepidosaphes luzonica Robinson, 1917 (Luzon scale)
• Lepidosaphes maai (Williams & Watson, 1988)
• Lepidosaphes macadamiae Williams, 1973
• Lepidosaphes macella Williams, 1973
• Lepidosaphes mackieana McKenzie, 1943
• Lepidosaphes madagascariensis (Mamet, 1950)
• Lepidosaphes malicola Borchsenius, 1947 (Armenian comma hard scale)
• Lepidosaphes marginalis Leonardi, 1914
• Lepidosaphes marginata Ferris, 1935
• Lepidosaphes mcgregori Banks, 1906 (McGregor scale)
• Lepidosaphes melaleucae (Maskell, 1896)
• Lepidosaphes meliae (Tang, 1986)
• Lepidosaphes meridionalis Lindinger, 1909
• Lepidosaphes mexicana (Cockerell, 1898)
• Lepidosaphes micronesiensis Takahashi, 1942
• Lepidosaphes micropori (Borchsenius, 1958)
• Lepidosaphes morafenobensis Mamet, 1959
• Lepidosaphes mulgae (Froggatt, 1914)
• Lepidosaphes multipora (Leonardi, 1903)
• Lepidosaphes newsteadi (Šulc, 1895) (Newstead scale)
• Lepidosaphes nivalis Takagi, 1970
• Lepidosaphes novozealandica Green, 1929
• Lepidosaphes noxia McKenzie, 1946 (noxius scale)
• Lepidosaphes ocellata (Green, 1907)
• Lepidosaphes ogasawarensis Kawai, 1972
• Lepidosaphes okitsuensis Kuwana, 1925 (Japanese silver fir scale)
• Lepidosaphes olivina Leonardi, 1913
• Lepidosaphes orsomi Mamet, 1954
• Lepidosaphes palauensis Beardsley, 1966
• Lepidosaphes pallens (Maskell, 1890)
• Lepidosaphes pallida (Maskell, 1895) (Maskell scale)
• Lepidosaphes pallidula (Williams, 1969) (Maskell scale)
• Lepidosaphes pandani Laing, 1929
• Lepidosaphes pauliani Mamet, 1959
• Lepidosaphes perlonga (Cockerell, 1898)
• Lepidosaphes piceae (Tang, 1986)
• Lepidosaphes pinea (Borchsenius, 1964)
• Lepidosaphes pineti Borchsenius, 1958
• Lepidosaphes pini (Maskell, 1897) (Oriental pine scale)
• Lepidosaphes pinicolous Chen, 1937
• Lepidosaphes pinifolii (Borchsenius, 1964)
• Lepidosaphes piniphila Borchsenius, 1958
• Lepidosaphes piniroxburghii Takagi, 1975
• Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis (Bouché, 1851) (Machilus oystershell)
• Lepidosaphes piperis (Green, 1908)
• Lepidosaphes pistaciae Archangelskaya, 1930 (yellow pistachio scale)
• Lepidosaphes pitsikahitrae Mamet, 1959
• Lepidosaphes pitysophila (Takagi, 1970)
• Lepidosaphes pometiae Williams & Watson, 1988
• Lepidosaphes pseudogloverii (Borchsenius, 1964) (pseudo-rodshaped scale)
• Lepidosaphes pseudomachili (Borchsenius, 1964)
• Lepidosaphes pseudotsugae Takahashi, 1957
• Lepidosaphes punicae Laing, 1929
• Lepidosaphes pyrorum Tang, 1977
• Lepidosaphes quercicola (Borchsenius, 1967)
• Lepidosaphes recurrens (Takagi & Kawai, 1966)
• Lepidosaphes recurvata (Froggatt, 1914)
• Lepidosaphes rubrovittata Cockerell, 1905 (guava scale)
• Lepidosaphes salicina Borchsenius, 1958 (far eastern oystershell scale)
• Lepidosaphes schimae Kawai, 1972
• Lepidosaphes sciadopitysi McKenzie, 1955 (umbrella pine lepidosaphes)
• Lepidosaphes securicula Williams & Watson, 1988
• Lepidosaphes serrifrons (Leonardi, 1898)
• Lepidosaphes serrulata (Ganguli, 1957)
• Lepidosaphes shanxiensis Shi, 1990
• Lepidosaphes shikohabadensis Dutta, 1990
• Lepidosaphes similis Beardsley, 1975
• Lepidosaphes smilacis Takagi, 1960
• Lepidosaphes somalensis Malenotti, 1916
• Lepidosaphes spinosa (Fuller, 1899)
• Lepidosaphes stepta Williams & Watson, 1988
• Lepidosaphes subnivea Laing, 1929
• Lepidosaphes subspiculifera (Froggatt, 1914)
• Lepidosaphes szetchwanensis (Borchsenius, 1978)
• Lepidosaphes takahashii (Borchsenius, 1964) (Takahashi comma scale)
• Lepidosaphes takaoensis Takahashi, 1935
• Lepidosaphes tangi Tang, 1986
• Lepidosaphes tapiae Mamet, 1959
• Lepidosaphes tapleyi Williams, 1960 (guava long scale)
• Lepidosaphes tenuior Lindinger, 1909
• Lepidosaphes tokionis (Kuwana, 1902) (Croton Mussel Scale)
• Lepidosaphes towadensis Takagi & Kawai, 1966
• Lepidosaphes tritubulata Borchsenius, 1958
• Lepidosaphes tsugaedumosae Takagi, 1977
• Lepidosaphes tubulorum Ferris, 1921 (dark oystershell scale)
• Lepidosaphes turanica Archangelskaya, 1937 (dzhid comma armored scale)
• Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean fig scale)
• Lepidosaphes ungulata Green, 1905
• Lepidosaphes unicolor Banks, 1906 (buko scale)
• Lepidosaphes ussuriensis (Borchsenius, 1962) (dark oystershell scale)
• Lepidosaphes vermiculus Mamet, 1937 (elongate coconut scale)
• Lepidosaphes viticis (Takagi, 1970)
• Lepidosaphes xishuanbannae (Young & Hu, 1981)
• Lepidosaphes yamahoi Takahashi, 1935
• Lepidosaphes yanagicola Kuwana, 1925 (Euonymus Alatus scale)
• Lepidosaphes yoshimotoi Takagi, 1970
• Lepidosaphes yuanfeng Yuan & Feng, 2007
• Lepidosaphes zelkovae Takagi & Kawai, 1966

References

1. "ITIS report, Lepidosaphes" . Retrieved 2025-01-20.
2. "Catalogue of Life, Lepidosaphes Shimer, 1868" . Retrieved 2025-01-20.
3. García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi: 10.1093/database/bav118 . Retrieved 2024-10-19.
4. Normark, Benjamin B.; Okusu, Akiko; Morse, Geoffrey E.; Peterson, Daniel A.; et al. (2019). "Phylogeny and classification of armored scale insects (Hemiptera:Coccomorpha: Diaspididae)" . Zootaxa. 4616. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4616.1.1 . Retrieved 2025-01-03.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Lepidosaphes at iNaturalist
• Media related to Lepidosaphes at Wikimedia Commons