Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman, 1869)

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

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scientific name	Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman, 1869)
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Borg (1898; 1919) recorded this scale under the names Mytilaspis citricola Pachard and M. flavescens . Borg (1922a: 82) wrote that the scale had been “established in these islands since 1870–73. When this parasite first made its appearance in Malta, it caused a great deal of uneasiness, many [ Citrus ] groves suffering severely and becoming unproductive, and numbers of young trees as well as trees in full bearing were killed or became too much exhausted to be retained”. Recorded also by Saliba (1963) as occasional on orange, and by Farrugia (1998).

Material examined: MALTA, Marsa, Għammieri 3.iv.1999, 2 ♀♀ on Citrus aurantii, CF ; Marsa, Għammieri , 6.iii.1997, 1 ♀ on C. aurantii, CF ; Żurrieq, 17.ii.2007, 1 ♀ on Citrus sp. , DM ; Bugibba , 14.ii.2012, 8 ♀♀ on C. sinensis, CM ; Luqa, 19.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on C. limon, CM . GOZO, Kercem, Dawara Valley , 16.iii.1994, 2 ♀♀ on C. sinensis, GW ; Vittoriosa, 26.ii.1995, 1 ♀ on Citrus sp. , DM .

References

Borg, J. (1898) Culture and diseases of the orange tree. Government Printing Office, Malta, 3 - 12 pp.

Borg, P. (1919) The Scale-Insects of the Maltese Islands. Malta Herald Office, Malta, 71 pp.

Borg, J. (1922 a) Cultivation and diseases of fruit trees in the Maltese Islands. Goverment Printing Office, Malta, vii + 622 pp.

Farrugia, C. (1998) Parasitic Hymenoptera associated with scale insects on citrus trees in the Maltese Islands. In: Dandria, D. (Ed.), Biology Abstracts M. Sc., Ph. D. 1998 and Contribution to Marine Biology. University of Malta, Msida, Malta, pp. 6 - 8.

Saliba, L. J. (1963) Insect pests of crop plants in the Maltese Islands. Department of Information, Malta, 35 pp.