Lepidosaphes conchiformis (Gmelin, 1790)

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 : 510

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.5495000
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC0D62-C460-FF9C-A1F9-AE01DDC4216D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lepidosaphes conchiformis (Gmelin, 1790)
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Lepidosaphes conchiformis (Gmelin, 1790) View in CoL

Borg (1932) recorded this species (as Lepidosaphes ficifoliae ), as “very common on the lower surface of the leaves of the common fig ( Ficus carica ) and also of Ficus Pseudo-carica and Ficus Parcelli ”, whereas Saliba (1963) indicated it was uncommon, occurring mostly on fig. More recently, Mifsud et al. (2012) confirmed the presence of this species on both Malta and Gozo.

Material examined: MALTA, Valletta, 13.ii.2012, 10 ♀♀ on bark of Ficus sp. , CM; Qawra , 15.ii.2012, 22 ♀♀ on F. carica, CM.