Lepidosaphes chinensis Chamberlin 1925

Lepidosaphes chinensis Chamberlin, 1925 (Fig. 4) Chinese mussel scale Hosts in FSCA. Asparagaceae: Dracaena braunii Engl. (5), Dracaena sanderiana Mast. (17), Dracaena sp. (1); Orchidaceae (1). Notes. This species is not established in Florida but is frequently intercepted on nursery stock of lucky bamboo (Dracaena sp.) (Stocks 2014). Lepidosaphes chinensis is similar to L. beckii in having cicatrices on the abdomen and a small dorsal duct anterior to L2. They differ (characters of L. beckii are given in parentheses) in having: five pairs of cicatrices (three or four pairs of cicatrices) and one or two lateral spurs (without lateral spurs, rarely with one).