🪲Cochineal
胭脂蟲（学名：Dactylopius coccus）又名洋紅蟲、墨西哥胭脂蟲或美洲胭脂蟲，是胭蚧科胭蚧屬的一種介殼蟲，原产于美洲。以仙人掌屬植物的汁液為食。其身長可達5公釐。 胭脂蟲雌虫体内含胭脂红酸，可以用来制造绯红色染料（胭脂紅）。胭脂蟲是哥伦布交换（Columbian Exchange）之一。在地理大发现时代，在哥伦布發現美洲之初，胭脂虫被引入了歐洲。當運送胭脂蟲的西班牙商船被英國或德國的海盜劫掠時，对胭脂蟲的价值和用处一无所知的海盜們往往會把貨物扔進大海。 目前，胭脂虫被使用於布料染色、食用色素和化粧品。但作為食用色素時（例如常見於草莓果醬），多會加註警語，以防素食者誤食及避免過量服用胭脂蟲食用色素。
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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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