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Lepidosaphes
Lepidosaphes is a genus of scales and mealybugs in the family Diaspididae. There are at least 150 described species in Lepidosaphes.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Oystershell Scale
speciesLepidosaphes ulmi

Purple Scale
speciesLepidosaphes beckii

Glover Scale
speciesLepidosaphes gloverii

Maskell Scale
speciesLepidosaphes pallida

Pine Oystershell Scale
speciesLepidosaphes newsteadi

Mediterranean fig scale
speciesLepidosaphes conchiformis

Oriental Pine Scale
speciesLepidosaphes pini

Cymbidium Scale
speciesLepidosaphes pinnaeformis

Juniper Comma Scale
speciesLepidosaphes juniperi

Lepidosaphes yanagicola
speciesLepidosaphes yanagicola

Lepidosaphes punicae
speciesLepidosaphes punicae

Lepidosaphes tapleyi
speciesLepidosaphes tapleyi
Hawthorn Oystershell Scale
speciesLepidosaphes granati
De Stefan Scale
speciesLepidosaphes flava
Esaki Scale
speciesLepidosaphes esakii
Lepidosaphes eucalypti
speciesLepidosaphes eucalypti
Lepidosaphes casuarinae
speciesLepidosaphes casuarinae
Croton Mussel Scale
speciesLepidosaphes tokionis
Lepidosaphes linearis
speciesLepidosaphes linearis
Mango Scale
speciesLepidosaphes pallidula
Camellia Scale
speciesLepidosaphes camelliae
Yellow Pistachio Hard Scale
speciesLepidosaphes pistaciae
Lepidosaphes multipora
speciesLepidosaphes multipora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 330970.