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Lepidosaphoides Lindinger, 1930, Hamburg. Inst. f. Angew. Bot. 

 Jahresber. (1929) : 106." 

 ttpe-species : Leucaspis bamlusae Kuwana. 1902. by nionotypy. 



Balachowsky, 1954e : 264; Borchsenius and Hadzibejli. 1950: 12; and Ferris, 

 1936a: 22-25. have accepted this name as a synonym of Kuicanaspis Mac- 

 Gillivray, 192L 



Leptococcus Kerne, 1961. Beaufortia (Zool. Mos. Amsterdam) S : 115. 



ttpe-species: Leptococcus metroxyli Reyne. 1961. by original designation 

 and monotypy. 



The author placed this genus in the Pseudococcidae allied to Pseudococcus 

 Wesrwood. 



Leptopulvinaria Kanda, 1960, Konryu 25 : US. 



ttpe-species: Leptopulvinaria elaeocarpi Kanda, 1960 by original designa- 

 tion and monotypy. 



The author noted resemblance of this genus to Pulvinaria Targioni-Tozzetti. 



Leucamium Brever, 1862, Soc. Ent. Beige Ami. 6 : 97. 

 A lapsus for Lecanium Burmeister. 



Leucanium Scliaiun, 1850, Arcli. f. Xaturgesch. 16, Bd. 2 : 215-219. 



Lindinger. 1954: 616. claimed valid status for this as a generic name and 

 maintained that it should replace Eulecanium Cockerell. After careful exami- 

 nation of the publication by Schaum, we reject Lindinger"s conclusions and 

 consider that this spelling is a lapsus for Lecanium Burmeister. 



Leucaspidopsis Lindinger. 1932, Konowia 1 : 202-203. 



ttpe-species: Leucaspis vayssierei Balachowsky. 1928, by original designa- 

 tion. 



The author presented this genus with a brief descriptive note and included 

 also Fiorinia maskelli Brittin. Ferris, 1937d : 104, considered the genus possibly 

 valid but the name was placed as a synonym of Salicicola Lindinger by Balachow- 

 sky and Kaussari, 1951 : [1], and by Balachowsky, 1953g : SS2-SS3. 



Leucaspis Targioni-Tozzetti. 1S6S, ('separate) Soc. Ital. di Sci. Xat. 

 Atti 11 : 41 : 1869, 11 : 731; Signoret. 1570, Soe. Ent. de France Ann. 

 (sot. 4) 10:100. 



ttpe-species: (Leucaspis Candida Targioni-Tozzetti, 1868) =Cocau pini 

 Harrig. 1839, by subsequent designation of Targioni-Tozzetti. 1SS1 : 160. 



The author presented this generic name in hi atalog with no descrip- 



tive or other associated information, but with two included species names : "Sp. 1. 

 Leucaspis Candida nob. (Diaspis Candida nob. 1867 and "Sp. 2. Leucaspis 

 signoreti nob. n. sp. 1SGS (D. signoreto recepta. Pini sp. incola)." We have 

 failed to find Diaspis Candida in any other Targioni publication. Signoret. 1S70 : 

 100-102, gave substance to L- ucaspis, which he credited to Targioni. with de- 

 scriptions of the genus and the two species that had been included, but placed 



