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SpeciesHemipteraKerriidae
Arthropods

🪲Kerria lacca

Kerria lacca Targioni Tozzetti, 1884

Kerria lacca is a species of insect in the family Kerriidae, the lac insects. These are in the superfamily Coccoidea, the scale insects. This species is perhaps the most commercially important lac insect, being a main source of lac, a resin which can be refined into shellac and other products. This insect is native to Asia.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderHemiptera
  5. ›familyKerriidae
  6. ›genusKerria
  7. ›speciesKerria lacca
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
  3. familyKerriidae
  4. genusKerria
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
  7. suborderSternorrhyncha
  8. superfamilyCoccoidea
  9. familyKerriidae
  10. genusKerria
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Lackschildlaus (de), červec lakový (cs), Kerria lacca (it), Kerria lacca (es), Kerria lacca (fr), Kerria lacca (nl) … and 12 more languages
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