Lepidosaphes serrifrons

Lepidosaphes serrifrons (Leonardi, 1898) (Fig. 11) Hosts in FSCA. Euphorbiaceae: Codiaeum sp. (6), Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Rumph. ex A.Juss. (3). Notes. This species was intercepted on Codiaeum nursery stock from Costa Rica at least nine times between 1989–1993 but has not been collected subsequently in Florida. Lepidosaphes serrifrons was also intercepted from Costa Rica by USDA-APHIS repeatedly between 1986–2006, but it has not been intercepted in recent years. Currently, this species is officially reported only from Italy (Leonardi 1898; García Morales et al. 2016). We include it in the key because of its history of interception but there is no evidence that this species is present in the Florida landscape. For a comparison of L. serrifrons with L. gloverii see the “Notes” section of the latter.