Lepidosaphes pallida (Maskell)

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data, ZooKeys 334, pp. 1-92 : 34

Lepidosaphes pallida (Maskell)

Mytilaspis pallida Maskell, 1895: 46. Insulaspis maskelli Borchsenius, 1963.

Iran localities.

Gilan, Golestan, Sistan & Balouchestan.

Host plants.

Acanthaceae : Avicennia officinalis ; Apocynaceae : Nerium sp.; Cupressaceae : Juniperus communis ; Pinaceae : Pinus sp.; Rosaceae : Mespilus germanica ; Taxodiaceae : Cryptomeria sp.

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

These are the first records of Lepidosaphes pallida from the plant families Acanthaceae , Apocynaceae and Rosaceae .