Lepidosaphes pallida (Maskell)

Mytilaspis pallida Maskell, 1895: 46. Insulaspis maskelli Borchsenius, 1963.

Iran localities.

Gilan, Golestan, Sistan & Balouchestan.

Host plants.

Acanthaceae: Avicennia officinalis; Apocynaceae: Nerium sp.; Cupressaceae: Juniperus communis; Pinaceae: Pinus sp.; Rosaceae: Mespilus germanica; Taxodiaceae: Cryptomeria sp.

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

These are the first records of Lepidosaphes pallida from the plant families Acanthaceae, Apocynaceae and Rosaceae .