(Homoptera: Diaspididae)
Issue No. 304
Avas B. Hamon
March, 1988
Introduction
Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa, an armored scale insect, was intercepted twice in Florida during 1987 on Aglaonema spp. from the Philippine Islands. In both cases the insects were alive. This scale insect is not known to occur in Florida; therefore, steps were taken to insure that it did not become established.