Epidiaspis leperii (Signoret, 1869)

Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, Zootaxa 3866 (4), pp. 499-525 : 509

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5494984
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC0D62-C461-FF9D-A1F9-A868DD7B231F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Epidiaspis leperii (Signoret, 1869)
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Epidiaspis leperii (Signoret, 1869) View in CoL

Borg (1919) recorded this species as Epidiaspis piricola del Guercio and reported its presence in crevices and depressions of the bark of plums, peaches, apple and other fruit trees. It was recorded again by Borg (1932) (as Diaspis leperii ) and Saliba (1963) on apple, pear and plum. No Maltese specimens have been seen during the present work.