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Species Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

QUEENSLAND: N Qld; Mt Glorious; Stanthorpe; VICTORIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Mount Barker; America; Europe; Sandwich Is.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Scolopia braunii (Klotzsch) Sleumer [SALICACEAE] Brown Birch; Malus sylvestris Mill. [ROSACEAE]).

 

General References

Bodenheimer, F.S. 1924. The Coccidae of Palestine. First report on this family. Zionist Organization Institute of Agriculture and Natural History, Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 1: 1-100 [53-54] (as Lepidosaphes ulmi; description)

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1962. Studies of the Coccoidea. 12. Species occurring on deciduous fruit and nut trees in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 19: 219-229 [224] (as Lepidosaphes ulmi)

Comstock, J.H. 1881. Report of the Entomologist. Part II. Report on scale insects. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture 1880–1881: 276-349 [325-326] (as Mytilaspis pomorum; description; illustration)

Comstock, J.H. 1883. Second report on scale insects, including a monograph of the sub-family Diaspidinae of the family Coccidae and a list, with notes of the other species of scale insects found in North America. Cornell University Agricultural Experimental Station, Department of Entomology Report 2: 47-142 [118-121] (as Mytilaspis pomorum)

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [314-317] (as Lepidosaphes ulmi)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 677-684 [682-683] (as Mytilaspis pomorum; description)

Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1344] (as Mytilaspis pomorum)

Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [469] (as Mytilaspis pomorum)

Leonardi, G. 1898. Monografia del genre Mytilaspis. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 6: 45-78 [47] (as Mytilaspis pomorum)

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. [284-285] (as Lepidosaphes ulmi)

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [8] (as Mytilaspis pomorum)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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 29-May-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