🪲Cochineal
The cochineal is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America through North America, this insect lives on cacti in the genus Opuntia, feeding on plant moisture and nutrients. The insects are found on the pads of prickly pear cacti, collected by brushing them off the plants, and dried.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Dactylopius coccus yet.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderHemiptera
- ›familyDactylopiidae
- ›genusDactylopius
- ›speciesDactylopius coccus
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
- familyDactylopiidae
- genusDactylopius
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
- suborderSternorrhyncha
- superfamilyCoccoidea
- familyDactylopiidae
- genusDactylopius
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