Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis
(Orchid Mussel Scale)

Interactions where Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
sucks sap of live stem Captivity Cymbidium a genus of tender orchids Asparagales: Orchidaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis/Lepidosaphes pinnaeformisorchid mussel scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Cymbidium/Cymbidiuma genus of tender orchidslivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity Cymbidium a genus of tender orchids Asparagales: Orchidaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis/Lepidosaphes pinnaeformisorchid mussel scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Cymbidium/Cymbidiuma genus of tender orchidsliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis (Orchid Mussel Scale) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis (Orchid Mussel Scale) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepidosaphes pinnaeformis (Orchid Mussel Scale)
GenusLepidosaphes (a genus of mussel scales)
FamilyCOCCIDAE (soft scales)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis (Orchid Mussel Scale) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis (Orchid Mussel Scale):

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