Arthropods
🪲Cochineal
Dactylopius coccus Costa, 1829
연지벌레(Coccus cacti)는 깍지벌레아목 또는 진딧물아목(Sternorrhyncha) 계통의 깍지벌레(상)과(Coccoidea, 깍지벌렛과) 깍지벌레속에 속하는 곤충이다. 몸의 길이는 암컷은 3~5 mm로, 수컷은 이보다 작다. 암컷은 깍지를 만들어 몸을 덮고, 깍지의 색은 대부분 파란빛을 띤 노란색이다.
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Dactylopius coccus
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderHemiptera
- ›familyDactylopiidae
- ›genusDactylopius
- ›speciesDactylopius coccus
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- 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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Czerwiec kaktusowy (pl), Dactylopius coccus (fr), כנימת קוכיניאל (he), Dactylopius coccus (es), bíbortetű (hu), Dactylopius coccus (it) … and 21 more languages
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