''Lepidosaphes'' is a genus of armored scale insects in the family

Diaspididae Diaspididae is the largest family of scale insects with over 2650 described species in around 400 genera. As with all scale insects, the female produces a waxy protective scale beneath which it feeds on its host plant. Diaspidid scales are far mo ...

. There are at least 190 described species in ''Lepidosaphes'', found worldwide.

Species

These 191 species belong to the genus ''Lepidosaphes'': * '' 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 ''Lepidosaphes ulmi'' also known as apple mussel scale or oystershell scale is a widely invasive scale insect that is a pest of trees and woody plants. The small insects attach themselves to bark and cause injury by sucking the tree's sap; this ...

'' (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

External links

* * Lepidosaphidini Sternorrhyncha genera Long stubs with short prose {{Diaspididae-stub