Lepidosaphes punicae Laing, 1929

Lepidosaphes punicae Laing, 1929 View in CoL ( Fig. 10 View Figure 10 )

Hosts in FSCA. Anacardiaceae : Mangifera indica (1)*; Annonaceae : Annona sp. (1)*, Annona squamosa L. (1)*; Fabaceae : Erythrina sp. (1); Moraceae : Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. (1)*; Ficus benjamina L. (1)*; Sapindaceae : Dimocarpus longan Lour. (3)*, Litchi chinensis Sonn. (7), Nephelium lappaceum L. (1)*.

Notes. This species has been an issue for litchi orchards in Florida in past years ( Miller and Davidson 2005), but it has only been submitted twice to FDACS-DPI for identification in the past 15 years. Lepidosaphes punicae is similar to L. mackieana by having the median lobes triangular, the posterior apex of the abdomen acute, and the median lobes with the medial margin shorter than the lateral margin. They differ (character states of L. mackieana are given in parentheses) by having: abdominal cicatrices (without cicatrices); L2 with more than two projections (with two); and submedial dorsal ducts between the anal opening and L2 more than ten (fewer than ten).