# Lepidosaphes

Lepidosaphes is a genus of armored scale insects in the family Diaspididae. There are at least 190 described species in Lepidosaphes, found worldwide.

## Species

These 191 species belong to the genus Lepidosaphes:
* Lepidosaphes abdominalis Takagi, 1960
* Lepidosaphes aberrans Lindinger, 1909
* Lepidosaphes abietis (Signoret, 1870)
* Lepidosaphes afganensis Borchsenius, 1962
* Lepidosaphes agalegae (Mamet, 1974)
* Lepidosaphes alnicola (Borchsenius, 1978)
* Lepidosaphes ambigua Rutherford, 1914
* Lepidosaphes antakaranae Mamet, 1959
* Lepidosaphes antidesmae (Rao, 1952)
* Lepidosaphes araucariae Beardsley, 1965
* Lepidosaphes arcana (Matile-Ferrero, 1988)
* Lepidosaphes australis Borchsenius, 1966
* Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman, 1869) (Machilus oystershell)
* Lepidosaphes belutchistana Balachowsky, 1954
* Lepidosaphes betulae (Borchsenius, 1967)
* Lepidosaphes boguschi McDaniel, 1972
* Lepidosaphes buzenensis (Kuwana, 1909)
* Lepidosaphes camelliae Hoke, 1921 (camellia parlatoria scale)
* Lepidosaphes carolinensis Beardsley, 1966
* Lepidosaphes cassiniae (Green, 1905)
* Lepidosaphes casuarinae (Maskell, 1893)
* Lepidosaphes celtis Kuwana, 1925
* Lepidosaphes ceodes Kawai, 1972
* Lepidosaphes chamaecyparidis Takagi & Kawai, 1966
* Lepidosaphes chinensis Chamberlin, 1925 (Chinese lepidosaphes scale)
* Lepidosaphes chitinosus Lindinger, 1909
* Lepidosaphes citricola (Young & Hu, 1981)
* Lepidosaphes citrina (Borchsenius, 1964) (Indian citrus scale)
* Lepidosaphes cocculi (Green, 1896) (cocculus scale)
* Lepidosaphes conchiformis (Gmelin, 1790) (Mediterranean fig scale)
* Lepidosaphes conocarpi (Takagi, 2003)
* Lepidosaphes contorta Laing, 1929
* Lepidosaphes coreana (Borchsenius, 1962)
* Lepidosaphes corni Takahashi, 1957
* Lepidosaphes cornuta Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1937 (betelvine scale insect)
* Lepidosaphes corrugata Green, 1904
* Lepidosaphes cortrioides (Froggatt, 1914)
* Lepidosaphes crassa (Froggatt, 1914)
* Lepidosaphes crataegicola Savescu, 1985
* Lepidosaphes crawi (Cockerell, 1896)
* Lepidosaphes crudiae Lindinger, 1909
* Lepidosaphes cupressi Borchsenius, 1958
* Lepidosaphes cycadicola Kuwana, 1931
* Lepidosaphes daphniphylli (Borchsenius, 1978)
* Lepidosaphes defecta (Maskell, 1897)
* Lepidosaphes diaspidiformis Malenotti, 1916
* Lepidosaphes dorsalis Takagi & Kawai, 1966
* Lepidosaphes duponti Green, 1916 (Dupont scale)
* Lepidosaphes elmerrilleae Williams & Watson, 1988
* Lepidosaphes erythrinae Rutherford, 1914
* Lepidosaphes esakii Takahashi, 1939 (Dupont scale)
* Lepidosaphes eucalypti (Froggatt, 1914) (eucalyptus mussel scale)
* Lepidosaphes europae Mamet, 1956
* Lepidosaphes euryae (Kuwana, 1902)
* Lepidosaphes eurychlidonis Williams & Watson, 1988
* Lepidosaphes ficicola Takahashi, 1931
* Lepidosaphes flava (Signoret, 1870) (De Stefan scale)
* Lepidosaphes froggatti Laing, 1929
* Lepidosaphes fulleri Fernald, 1903
* Lepidosaphes garambiensis Takahashi, 1933
* Lepidosaphes garciniae (Young & Hu, 1981)
* Lepidosaphes geniostomae Williams & Watson, 1988
* Lepidosaphes giffardi (Adachi & Fullaway, 1953)
* Lepidosaphes glaucae Takahashi, 1932
* Lepidosaphes gloverii (Packard, 1869) (Glover scale)
* Lepidosaphes granati Koroneos, 1934 (dzhid comma armored scale)
* Lepidosaphes grisea (Maskell, 1890)
* Lepidosaphes huangyangensis (Young & Hu, 1981)
* Lepidosaphes huyoung Normark, 2019
* Lepidosaphes incisor Green, 1916
* Lepidosaphes indica (Borchsenius, 1967)
* Lepidosaphes ixorae Cockerell & Robinson, 1915 (santan scale)
* Lepidosaphes janguai Balachowsky, 1954
* Lepidosaphes japonica (Kuwana, 1902) (Kusamaki scale)
* Lepidosaphes jingdongensis (Young & Hu, 1981)
* Lepidosaphes juniperi Lindinger, 1912 (juniper comma scale)
* Lepidosaphes junipericola (Tang, 1986)
* Lepidosaphes kamakurensis Kuwana, 1925
* Lepidosaphes kamerunensis Lindinger, 1909
* Lepidosaphes karkarica Williams & Watson, 1988
* Lepidosaphes kashicola Takahashi, 1957
* Lepidosaphes kazimiae (Williams, 1963)
* Lepidosaphes keteleeriae Ferris, 1953
* Lepidosaphes kuwacola Kuwana, 1925
* Lepidosaphes lactea (Maskell, 1895)
* Lepidosaphes lasianthi (Green, 1900)
* Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa Green, 1925
* Lepidosaphes laurentina (Almeida, 1971)
* Lepidosaphes leei Takagi, 1970
* Lepidosaphes lidgetti (Cockerell, 1899)
* Lepidosaphes lithocarpi Takahashi, 1934
* Lepidosaphes lithocarpicola (Tang, 1986)
* Lepidosaphes lobulata (Froggatt, 1914)
* Lepidosaphes luzonica Robinson, 1917 (Luzon scale)
* Lepidosaphes maai (Williams & Watson, 1988)
* Lepidosaphes macadamiae Williams, 1973
* Lepidosaphes macella Williams, 1973
* Lepidosaphes mackieana McKenzie, 1943
* Lepidosaphes madagascariensis (Mamet, 1950)
* Lepidosaphes malicola Borchsenius, 1947 (Armenian comma hard scale)
* Lepidosaphes marginalis Leonardi, 1914
* Lepidosaphes marginata Ferris, 1935
* Lepidosaphes mcgregori Banks, 1906 (McGregor scale)
* Lepidosaphes melaleucae (Maskell, 1896)
* Lepidosaphes meliae (Tang, 1986)
* Lepidosaphes meridionalis Lindinger, 1909
* Lepidosaphes mexicana (Cockerell, 1898)
* Lepidosaphes micronesiensis Takahashi, 1942
* Lepidosaphes micropori (Borchsenius, 1958)
* Lepidosaphes morafenobensis Mamet, 1959
* Lepidosaphes mulgae (Froggatt, 1914)
* Lepidosaphes multipora (Leonardi, 1903)
* Lepidosaphes newsteadi (Šulc, 1895) (Newstead scale)
* Lepidosaphes nivalis Takagi, 1970
* Lepidosaphes novozealandica Green, 1929
* Lepidosaphes noxia McKenzie, 1946 (noxius scale)
* Lepidosaphes ocellata (Green, 1907)
* Lepidosaphes ogasawarensis Kawai, 1972
* Lepidosaphes okitsuensis Kuwana, 1925 (Japanese silver fir scale)
* Lepidosaphes olivina Leonardi, 1913
* Lepidosaphes orsomi Mamet, 1954
* Lepidosaphes palauensis Beardsley, 1966
* Lepidosaphes pallens (Maskell, 1890)
* Lepidosaphes pallida (Maskell, 1895) (Maskell scale)
* Lepidosaphes pallidula (Williams, 1969) (Maskell scale)
* Lepidosaphes pandani Laing, 1929
* Lepidosaphes pauliani Mamet, 1959
* Lepidosaphes perlonga (Cockerell, 1898)
* Lepidosaphes piceae (Tang, 1986)
* Lepidosaphes pinea (Borchsenius, 1964)
* Lepidosaphes pineti Borchsenius, 1958
* Lepidosaphes pini (Maskell, 1897) (Oriental pine scale)
* Lepidosaphes pinicolous Chen, 1937
* Lepidosaphes pinifolii (Borchsenius, 1964)
* Lepidosaphes piniphila Borchsenius, 1958
* Lepidosaphes piniroxburghii Takagi, 1975
* Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis (Bouché, 1851) (Machilus oystershell)
* Lepidosaphes piperis (Green, 1908)
* Lepidosaphes pistaciae Archangelskaya, 1930 (yellow pistachio scale)
* Lepidosaphes pitsikahitrae Mamet, 1959
* Lepidosaphes pitysophila (Takagi, 1970)
* Lepidosaphes pometiae Williams & Watson, 1988
* Lepidosaphes pseudogloverii (Borchsenius, 1964) (pseudo-rodshaped scale)
* Lepidosaphes pseudomachili (Borchsenius, 1964)
* Lepidosaphes pseudotsugae Takahashi, 1957
* Lepidosaphes punicae Laing, 1929
* Lepidosaphes pyrorum Tang, 1977
* Lepidosaphes quercicola (Borchsenius, 1967)
* Lepidosaphes recurrens (Takagi & Kawai, 1966)
* Lepidosaphes recurvata (Froggatt, 1914)
* Lepidosaphes rubrovittata Cockerell, 1905 (guava scale)
* Lepidosaphes salicina Borchsenius, 1958 (far eastern oystershell scale)
* Lepidosaphes schimae Kawai, 1972
* Lepidosaphes sciadopitysi McKenzie, 1955 (umbrella pine lepidosaphes)
* Lepidosaphes securicula Williams & Watson, 1988
* Lepidosaphes serrifrons (Leonardi, 1898)
* Lepidosaphes serrulata (Ganguli, 1957)
* Lepidosaphes shanxiensis Shi, 1990
* Lepidosaphes shikohabadensis Dutta, 1990
* Lepidosaphes similis Beardsley, 1975
* Lepidosaphes smilacis Takagi, 1960
* Lepidosaphes somalensis Malenotti, 1916
* Lepidosaphes spinosa (Fuller, 1899)
* Lepidosaphes stepta Williams & Watson, 1988
* Lepidosaphes subnivea Laing, 1929
* Lepidosaphes subspiculifera (Froggatt, 1914)
* Lepidosaphes szetchwanensis (Borchsenius, 1978)
* Lepidosaphes takahashii (Borchsenius, 1964) (Takahashi comma scale)
* Lepidosaphes takaoensis Takahashi, 1935
* Lepidosaphes tangi Tang, 1986
* Lepidosaphes tapiae Mamet, 1959
* Lepidosaphes tapleyi Williams, 1960 (guava long scale)
* Lepidosaphes tenuior Lindinger, 1909
* Lepidosaphes tokionis (Kuwana, 1902) (Croton Mussel Scale)
* Lepidosaphes towadensis Takagi & Kawai, 1966
* Lepidosaphes tritubulata Borchsenius, 1958
* Lepidosaphes tsugaedumosae Takagi, 1977
* Lepidosaphes tubulorum Ferris, 1921 (dark oystershell scale)
* Lepidosaphes turanica Archangelskaya, 1937 (dzhid comma armored scale)
* Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mediterranean fig scale)
* Lepidosaphes ungulata Green, 1905
* Lepidosaphes unicolor Banks, 1906 (buko scale)
* Lepidosaphes ussuriensis (Borchsenius, 1962) (dark oystershell scale)
* Lepidosaphes vermiculus Mamet, 1937 (elongate coconut scale)
* Lepidosaphes viticis (Takagi, 1970)
* Lepidosaphes xishuanbannae (Young & Hu, 1981)
* Lepidosaphes yamahoi Takahashi, 1935
* Lepidosaphes yanagicola Kuwana, 1925 (Euonymus Alatus scale)
* Lepidosaphes yoshimotoi Takagi, 1970
* Lepidosaphes yuanfeng Yuan & Feng, 2007
* Lepidosaphes zelkovae Takagi & Kawai, 1966