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
	Triaspis ;

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

^ "ITIS report, Lepidosaphes". Retrieved 2025-01-20.
^ "Catalogue of Life, Lepidosaphes Shimer, 1868". Retrieved 2025-01-20.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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

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[itis-1] "ITIS report, Lepidosaphes". Retrieved 2025-01-20.

[catlife-2] "Catalogue of Life, Lepidosaphes Shimer, 1868". Retrieved 2025-01-20.

[GarcíaMorales-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.

[Normark2019-4] 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.

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