#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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