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A total of 57 results were found at 22:11 on 21st April 2025 when searching for Aspidiotus.

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  • Hemiberlesia rapax (Comstock, 1881) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonym: Aspidiotus rapax Comstock, 1881. Common names: camellia scale, Greedy scale.

  • Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman, 1869) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonyms: Aspidiotus citricola Packard, 1869, Coccus beckii Newman, 1869, Mytilaspis citricola tasmaniae Maskell, 1897, Mytilaspis flavescens Targioni, 1876, Mytilaspis fulva Targioni, 1872. Common names: mussel purple scale, citrus mussel scale, Purple scale.

  • Lepidosaphes gloverii (Packard, 1869) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonym: Aspidiotus gloverii Packard, 1869. Common names: mussel-shell scale, long scale, long mussel scale, citrus long scale, Glover’s scale, Glover's mussel scale.

  • Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis (Bouché, 1851) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonym: Aspidiotus pinnaeformis Bouché, 1851. Common name: Purple scale.

  • Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonyms: Aspidiotus falciformis Baerensprung, 1849, Aspidiotus juglandis Fitch, 1855, Aspidiotus pomorum Bouché, 1851, Coccus ulmi Linnaeus, 1758. Common name: Apple mussel scale.

  • Lindingaspis rossi (Maskell, 1892) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonyms: Aonidiella subrossi Laing, 1929, Aspidiotus rossi Maskell, 1892. Common name: Ross's black scale.

  • Melanaspis obscura (Comstock, 1881) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonyms: Aspidiotus (Melanaspis) obscurus Cockerell, 1897, Aspidiotus obscurus Comstock, 1881, Chrysomphalus (Melanaspis) obscurus Merrill, 1953, Chrysomphalus obscurus Leonardi, 1897, Melanaspis obscura Borchsenius, 1966, Melanaspis obscura Lindinger, 1911. Common name: obscure scale.

  • Morganella longispina (Morgan, 1889) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonyms: Aspidiotus longinus Tao, 1999, Aspidiotus longispina Morgan, 1889, Aspidiotus longispina ornata Maskell, 1898, Aspidiotus longispinus Cockerell, 1897, Aspidiotus maskelli Cockerell, 1897,.... Common names: Plumose scale, Maskell scale.

  • Mycetaspis personata (Comstock, 1883) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonyms: Aonidiella personata Leonardi, 1897, Aspidiotus personates Cockerell, 1891, Aspidiotus personatus Cockerell, 1897, Aspidiotus personatus Comstock, 1883, Chrysomphalus personatus Fernald, 1903, Chrysomphalus personatus Merrill, 1953, Melanaspis.... Common name: Masked scale.

  • Neoleonardia delicatula (Laing, 1929) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonym: Aspidiotus delicatulus Laing, 1929.

  • Parlatoria oleae (Colvée, 1880) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonym: Aspidiotus oleae Colvee, 1880. Common names: olive scale, olive parlatoria scale.

  • Parlatoria proteus (Curtis, 1843) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonyms: Aspidiotus proteus Curtis, 1843, Diaspis parlatoris Targioni Tozzetti, 1867. Common names: small brown scale, sanseveria scale, proteus scale, poll-blanc, piojo blanco, orchid parlatoria scale, Common parlatoria scale.

  • Pinnaspis buxi (Bouche, 1851) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonyms: Aspidiotus buxi Bouché, 1851, Hemichionaspis pseudaspidistrae Green, 1916, Mytilaspis pandanni Comstock, 1881. Common names: small mussel scale, screw pine scale, pandanus scale, coconut scale, boxwood scale, bamboo mussel-scale.

  • Pseudaonidia dryandrae (Fuller, 1897) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonym: Aspidiotus dryandrae Fuller, 1897.

  • Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis (Green, 1896) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonym: Aspidiotus trilobitiformis Green, 1896. Common names: Trilobite scale, Armoured scale.

  • Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni, 1886) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonyms: Aspidiotus vitiensis Maskell, 1895, Diaspis amygdali Tryon, 1889, Diaspis lanata Maskell, 1895, Diaspis lanatus Cockerell, 1892, Diaspis patelliformis Sasaki, 1894, Diaspis pentagona Targioni, 1886. Common names: white scale, white plum scale, white peach scale, mulberry scale, West Indian peach scale, Peach white scale.

  • Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan, 1889) 
    Family: Diaspididae

    Synonyms: Aspidiotus articulatus Cockerell, 1897, Aspidiotus articulatus Leonardi, 1898, Aspidiotus articulatus Morgan, 1889, Aspidiotus articulatus rufescens Cockerell, 1892, Aspidiotus articulatus simplex Grandpré &.... Common name: West Indian red scale.

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Each listed organism is declared under the Biosecurity Management act with certain legal requirements:

Declared Pest, Prohibited - s12

Prohibited organisms are declared pests by virtue of section 22(1), and may only be imported and kept subject to permits. Permit conditions applicable to some species may only be appropriate or available to research organisations or similarly secure institutions.

Permitted - s11

Permitted organisms must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported. They may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms.

Declared Pest - s22(2)

Declared pests must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported, and may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms. They may also be subject to control and keeping requirements once within Western Australia.

Permitted, Requires Permit - r73

Regulation 73 permitted organisms may only be imported subject to an import permit. These organisms may be subject to restriction under legislation other than the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007. Permit conditions applicable to some species may only be appropriate or available to research organisations or similarly secure institutions.

Unlisted - s14

If you are considering importing an unlisted organism/s you will need to submit the name/s for assessment, as unlisted organisms are automatically prohibited entry into WA.

Control categories

Declared pests can be assigned to a C1, C2 or C3 control category under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Regulations 2013. Prohibited organisms can be assigned to a C1 or C2 control category, the control categories are:

C1 Exclusion

Organisms which should be excluded from part or all of Western Australia.

C2 Eradication

Organisms which should be eradicated from part or all of Western Australia.

C3 Management

Organisms that should have some form of management applied that will alleviate the harmful impact of the organism, reduce the numbers or distribution of the organism or prevent or contain the spread of the organism.

Unassigned

Unassigned: Declared pests that are recognised as having a harmful impact under certain circumstances, where their subsequent control requirements are determined by a Plan or other legislative arrangements under the Act.

Keeping categories

The Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Regulations 2013 (BAM Regs) specify prohibited and restricted keeping categories for the purposes of regulating organisms declared under the BAM Act. In regards to the purposes for which they can be kept, and the entities that can keep them for that purpose. A keeping permit is the administrative tool used to assign specific conditions to the keeping of an organism.

Prohibited keeping

Can only be kept under a permit for public display and education purposes, and/or genuine scientific research, by entities approved by the state authority.

Restricted keeping

Organisms which, relative to other species, have a low risk of becoming a problem for the environment, primary industry or public safety and can be kept under a permit by private individuals.

Exempt keeping

No permit or conditions are required for keeping. There may be other requirements under BAMA such as those required for entry of livestock, pigeons and doves, or waybill requirements for stock movement. An organism in the exempt keeping category may also be regulated by other legislation such as the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (WCA), administered by DPaW.

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