Dactylopius coccus

Cochenille Dactylopius coccus femelle (à gauche) et mâle (à droite). Dactylopius is a genus of insects in the superfamily Coccoidea, the scale insects. It is the only genus in the family Dactylopiidae.

These insects are known commonly as cochineals, a name that also specifically refers to the best-known species, the cochineal (Dactylopius coccus). The cochineal is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye. Dactylopius coccus is native to tropical and subtropical South America and Mexico, where their host cacti grow natively.

La Cochenille du Mexique Dactylopius coccus (Hém. Dactylopiidé) est une cochenille endémique des Andes péruviennes et de l’Amérique moyenne, .

Dactylopius coccus, of the Coccidae family, cactus-eating insects native to . Dactylopius coccus), a scale insect from which the dye is derived. Dactylopius which can be used to produce cochineal extract, but they are. The cochineal, Dactylopius coccus, is a scale insect in the family Coccidae, and is native to tropical and subtropical South America and Mexico. Note that, unlike with the Sagebrush Mealybug, only predators but no parasitoids have been found attacking Dactylopius, possibly because the carminic acid . Burmeister and Costa separately described the correct scale insect an as Costa described it first, it is Costa’s name Dactylopius coccus that is the correct name . The cochineal carmine, Dactylopius coccus, is a small Mexican insect parasitic of the cactus of the Opuntia sort.

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