#cochineal_insect__cochinealinsect__cochineal__Dactylopius_coccus  Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
  supertype:  scale_insect__scaleinsect  small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
  member of:  genus_Dactylopius__Dactylopius  type genus of the Dactylopiidae
     member of:  family_Dactylopiidae__Dactylopiidae  cochineal insects
        member of:  superfamily_Coccoidea__Coccoidea  scale insects and mealybugs
           member of:  suborder_Homoptera__Homoptera  plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
              member of:  order_Hemiptera__Hemiptera  plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g. aphids; plant lice; cicadas)
                 member of:  class_Insecta__Insecta__Hexapoda__class_Hexapoda  insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
                    member of:  phylum_Arthropoda__Arthropoda  jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes
                       member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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