Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa Green 1925

Evans, Erin C. Powell Mark Zenoble Douglass R. Miller Benjamin B. Normark Gregory A., 2024, A new invasive Lepidosaphes armored scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) for Florida: first records, natural enemies, and an identification key, Insecta Mundi 2024 (73), pp. 1-24 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14662496
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14662514
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scientific name	Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa Green 1925
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Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa Green 1925 View in CoL ( Fig. 6 View Figure 6 )

Hosts in FSCA. Araceae : Aglaonema sp. (1), Epipremnum pinnatum (20); Asparagaceae : Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl. (4), Dracaena reflexa (1)*, Dracaena sp. (2); Phyllanthaceae : Breynia disticha (2)*.

Notes. Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa is similar to L. gloverii by having a narrow body shape, lateral spurs on the anterior abdominal segments, distinct sclerotization on mature adult females, and a small dorsal duct anterior to L2. They differ (character states of L. gloverii are given in parentheses) by having: fewer than seven dorsal ducts between the anal opening and L2 (with more than seven) and small spiculae on the head present (absent).