Checklist of Plants of India

Echinoplaca pellicula (Müll.Arg.) R.Sant., Symb. Bot. Upsal. 12(1): 367. 1952.

Arthonia pellicula Müll.Arg. (incl. f. trichariosa Müll.Arg.,) , Bot. Jahrb. 4: 56. 1883.

Bacidia pellicula (Müll.Arg.) Zahlbr., Cat. Lich. Univ. 4: 136. 1926.

India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and West Bengal), Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Papua New Guinea Peru, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Venezuela. Pantropical.