Lepidosaphes pini

Lepidosaphes • Diaspididae • Sternorrhyncha • Hemiptera • insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Lepidosaphes pini on Pinus thunbergii - at top overturned female with eggs (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Nancy Gregory, University of Delaware
Source: IPM Images

Lepidosaphes pini (Maskell) - (pine oystershell scale)

This cale insect attacks conifers.

Synonyms:
Insulaspis pini

Publications covering Lepidosaphes pini

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (2005) 107, 123-158
Douglass R. Miller, Gary L. Miller, Greg S. Hodges and John A. Davidson (2005)
Introduced scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the United States and their impact on U.S. Agriculture