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SpeciesHemipteraDactylopiidae
Arthropods

🪲Cochineal

Dactylopius coccus Costa, 1829

Koschenillsköldlus (Dactylopius coccus) är en insekt som odlas för att tillverka färgämnet koschenill, även kallat karmin.

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Dactylopius coccus
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderHemiptera
  5. ›familyDactylopiidae
  6. ›genusDactylopius
  7. ›speciesDactylopius coccus
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
  3. familyDactylopiidae
  4. genusDactylopius
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
  7. suborderSternorrhyncha
  8. superfamilyCoccoidea
  9. familyDactylopiidae
  10. 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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