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Cochineal Insects

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Parent Taxon

• Hemiptera

Sibling Taxa

• Aclerdidae
• Asterolecaniidae
• Beesoniidae
• Callipappidae
• Carayonemidae
• Cerococcidae
• Coccidae
• Coelostomidiidae
• Conchaspididae
• Dactylopiidae
• Diaspididae
• Eriococcidae
• Halimococcidae
• Kermesidae
• Kerriidae
• Kuwaniidae
• Lacciferidae
• Lecanodiaspididae
• Marchalinidae
• Margarodidae
• Matsucoccidae
• Micrococcidae
• Monophlebidae
• Ortheziidae
• Phenacoleachiidae
• Phoenicococcidae
• Pseudococcidae
• Putoidae
• Rhizoecidae
• Steingeliidae
• Stictococcidae
• Xylococcidae

Child Taxa

• Dactylopius

Top Observation Places

• Ayacucho
• Lubbock