Valid Names Results

Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa Green, 1925 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Nomenclatural History

Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa Green 1925: 41-43. Type data: UNITED KINGDOM: England, Surrey, Wisley, Horticultural Society Gardens, on Coelogyne sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Insulaspis kamakurensis; Takahashi 1929: 75-76. misidentification (discovered by Takaha1935, 22).
Lepidosaphes bladhiae Takahashi 1931b: 379-380. Type data: TAIWAN: Shirin, Heito, on Bladhia sieboldii. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; junior synonym (discovered by Takagi1970, 14). Illustr.
Parainsulaspis bladhiae (Takahashi, 1931); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. change of combination
Parainsulaspis laterochitinosa (Green, 1925); Borchsenius 1963: 1163. change of combination Notes: Takagi (1970) synonymized the genus Parainsulaspis Borchsenius with Lepidosaphes Shimer creating the combination Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa, but did not explicitly list it.
Lepidosaphes spinulosa Beardsley 1966: 543-545. Type data: PALAU: Koror, on Glochidion sp., ?/04/1954, by J. Beardsley. Holotype, female, Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Beards1975, 660). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 29 | Genera: 43

Anacardiaceae

Mangifera indica | Takaha1933

Apocynaceae

Alstonia scholaris | Beards1966
Plumeria rubra | Takagi1970 | (= Plumeria acuminata)

Araceae

Aglaonema | PowellMoSt2023
Epipremnum pinnatum | Takagi1970 | (= Epipremnum mirabile)

Araliaceae

Heptapleurum actinophyllum | MartinLa2011 Takagi1970 | (= Schefflera actinophylla)
Schefflera heptaphylla | Takaha1929 Takaha1935 Takagi1970 | (= Agalma lutchuense) (= Heptapleurum octophyllum),

Arecaceae

Areca catechu | Beards1966
Cocos nucifera | Takagi1960a
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii | Beards1966

Asparagaceae

Asparagus | DanzigPe1998
Dracaena | Suh2016
Dracaena fragrans | NormarOkMo2019 | subsp. massangeana
Dracaena reflexa | PowellZeMi2024
Rohdea | Suh2016
Sansevieria | Suh2016

Casuarinaceae

Casuarina | Beards1966

Clusiaceae

Garcinia | Borchs1966

Cycadaceae

Cycas | Takagi1970
Cycas circinalis | Beards1966 Takagi1970

Euphorbiaceae

Hevea | Takagi1970
Manihot esculenta | Beards1966

Fagaceae

Castanea | Tao1999

Lauraceae

Machilus japonica | Takagi1970 | var. kusanoi

Lecythidaceae

Barringtonia asiatica | Beards1966

Moraceae

Artocarpus altilis | Beards1966 | (= Artocarpus communis)

Myrtaceae

Psidium | DanzigPe1998

Oleaceae

Osmanthus fragrans | EastonPu1999

Orchidaceae

Coelogyne | Green1925

Pentaphylacaceae

Eurya | Takagi1970
Eurya japonica | Takagi1970
Ternstroemia gymnanthera | Tao1999

Phyllanthaceae

Breynia disticha | PowellZeMi2024
Glochidion | Beards1966

Primulaceae

Ardisia | Takaha1929 Takaha1931b Takaha1932a | (= Bladhia)
Ardisia crenata | Hua2000
Ardisia japonica | Tao1999
Ardisia sieboldii | Takagi1970
Maesa | Takaha1935

Rhizophoraceae

Bruguiera | Beards1966
Rhizophora mucronata | Beards1966

Rutaceae

Citrus | Beards1966

Schisandraceae

Illicium anisatum | Takaha1933
Illicium philippinense | Takagi1970

Smilacaceae

Heterosmilax japonica | Takaha1929
Smilax | Takagi1970
Smilax china | Takagi1970
Smilax glabra | Tao1999

Solanaceae

Cestrum | Beards1966

Strelitziaceae

Ravenala | DanzigPe1998

Theaceae

Camellia sinensis | Tao1999

Verbenaceae

Citharexylum hexangulare | Beards1966

Vitaceae

Vitis | Takaha1933
Vitis vinifera | Hua2000

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Aphelinidae

Aphytis lingnanensis | PowellZeMi2024
Encarsia citrina | PowellZeMi2024
Encarsia lounsburyi | PowellZeMi2024

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 20

Bangladesh | JansenAl2023

China

Guangdong (=Kwangtung) | EastonPu1999
Hainan | Tao1999
Xianggang (=Hong Kong) | MartinLa2011
Yunnan | Tao1999

Costa Rica | NormarOkMo2019

Federated States of Micronesia

Pohnpei Island | Beards1966
Yap | Beards1966

Guam | Beards1966

Hawaiian Islands | Nakaha1981a

India | JoshiBaBh2024 USDA2024

Indonesia | Suh2016

Japan | Hua2000

Malaysia | Suh2016

Malaya | Takagi1970

Northern Mariana Islands

Saipan Island | Beards1966

Palau | Beards1966

Philippines

Luzon | Takagi1960a

Sri Lanka | JansenAl2023

Taiwan | Takaha1929

Thailand | Suh2016

United Kingdom

England | Green1925

United States

Florida | PowellMoSt2023 Stocks2016c

Vietnam | Suh2016

Wake Island | Beards1966

Keys

PowellZeMi2024: pp.21 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to slide-mounted Lepidosaphes]
SuhJi2009: pp.1041-1043 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of armored scales intercepted on imported plants (slide mounted females)]
Chou1982: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Lepidosaphes]
Beards1966: pp.535 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to known Micronesian species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes bladhiae
Balach1954e: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [Tableau de détermination des espèces du g. Lepidosaphes]

Remarks

Systematics: Green (1925) states that Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa is nearly allied to L. tubulorum, from which it differs principally in the incrassated margins of the thorax, and in the smaller number of spiniform processes on the lateral margins of the abdominal segments. Beardsley (1975) states that it is possible that both Lepidosaphes mcgregori and L. cocculi may be identical to L. laterochitinosa, if so, the name L. cocculi (Green) would have priority.
Structure: Adult female body slender, with the free abdominal segments well lobed laterally, and with the pygidium rounded. Derm at full maturity sclerotized on the mesothorax in a broad lateral area and on the metathorax less extensively. Pygidial lobes rather small (Takagi, 1970). Adult female 0.7-0.9 mm long. Body elongate fusiform, widest across metathorax or abdominal segment 1. Pygidium with median lobes moderately broad and well developed (Beardsley, 1966).
Biology: Feeding induces an irregular but prominent chlorosis, or yellowing, in the leaf tissue suggestive of a natural variegated leaf color pattern. The chlorotic patch expands as the female matures and as other females settle and form a mixed-age group. (Powell, et al., 2023)
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Green (1925) and by Takagi (1970). Detailed photographs in Powell, Moore & Stocks, 2023.

Illustrations

JoshiBaBh2024

PowellZeMi2024

Citations

Ali1969a: distribution, host, 61
Balach1954e: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 32, 54-57
Beards1966: distribution, host, taxonomy, 536-537
Beards1975: distribution, taxonomy, 660-661
BoratyWi1964: distribution, 88
Borchs1958a: distribution, 168
Borchs1963: taxonomy, 1163
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 60-61
Borchs1978: taxonomy, 106
Chou1982: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 156, 162-163
Chou1986: illustration, 578
Danzig1993: 243
DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 287
EastonPu1999: distribution, host, 103
Ferris1936: taxonomy, 7
Green1925: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 41-43
Hua2000: distribution, host, 156
JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 27
JoshiBaBh2024: distribution, economic importance, host plant, 4
JoshiBhSa2023: host plant, 185
Kawai1980: distribution, taxonomy, 250
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 17
KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 86
Kozarz1974: distribution, host, 23
MalumpBa2012: distribution, host, 33
MalumpHaSa2012: distribution, host, 6
MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, host, 41
Nakaha1981a: distribution, host, 400
Nishid2002: catalog, 141,142
NormarJo2010: ecology, host, 3
NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 24, 59, S6
PowellMoSt2023: diagnosis, distribution, host,
PowellZeMi2024: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, natural enemies, record,
ShiLi1991: host, 164
Stocks2016c: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, 1-2
Su1982: distribution, host, 62
Suh2016: distribution, host, key, 319, 328
SuhJi2009: distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 1039-1054
Takagi1960a: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 77
Takagi1969a: taxonomy, 23
Takagi1970: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 2, 14-15
Takagi2003a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 171-173
Takaha1929: distribution, host, 75-76
Takaha1931b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 379-380
Takaha1932a: distribution, host, 103
Takaha1933: distribution, host, 60
Takaha1935: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 22-23
Tang2001: taxonomy, 4
Tao1978: distribution, host, 97
Tao1999: distribution, host, 103
USDA2024: distribution, record,
Willia1971b: taxonomy, 9
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 219, 225
WongChCh1999: distribution, illustration, 29, 71
Yang1982: distribution, taxonomy, 209, 221
ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 166