Species Lepidosaphes spinosa (Fuller, 1899)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mytilaspis spinosa Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [469] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Swan River, WA.

  Type host:

   Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lepidosaphes spinosa (Fuller, 1899). —
  MacGillivray, A.D. 1921. The Coccidae. Tables for the identification of the subfamilies and some of the more important genera and species together with discussions of their anatomy and life history. Urbana, Illinois : Scarab Company vi 502 pp. [289]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Swan River; nr Perth.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree).

 

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 875-882 [875] (as Mytilaspis spinosa; description)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	COCCOIDEA	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
05-Jun-2024	DIASPIDIDAE	27-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	COCCOIDEA	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	DIASPIDIDAE	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012		05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
		05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED