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Lepidosaphes newsteadi

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Species of true bug

Lepidosaphes newsteadi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Genus: Lepidosaphes
Species: L. newsteadi
Binomial name
Lepidosaphes newsteadi
(Šulc, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Insulaspis newsteadi Borchsenius, 1963
  • Mytilaspis newsteadi Šulc, 1895
  • Mytilaspis newsteadi Lindinger, 1907
  • Lepidosaphes newsteadi Fernald, 1903
  • Leucaspis newsteadi Soria et al., 2000
  • Mytilococcus newsteadi Lindinger, 1936

Lepidosaphes newsteadi is a scale insect species in the family Diaspididae that was first described in 1895.

Range

Lepidosaphes newsteadi is widespread in central and western Europe, Lebanon, and Turkey.

It was introduced accidentally into North America and Bermuda.

Bermuda cedar

After being introduced to Bermuda during World War II, it nearly caused the extinction of the native Bermuda cedar.

References

  1. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Biological Control of Bermuda Cedar Scales < carulaspis & lepidosaphes". www.faculty.ucr.edu.
Taxon identifiers
Lepidosaphes newsteadi
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