Summary description from Wikipedia:

Dactylopius coccus in languages:

Catalan

Cotxinilla de la figuera de moro

Czech

nopálovec karmínový

English

true cochineal bug

German

Cochenilleschildlaus

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Parent Taxon

• Dactylopius

Sibling Taxa

• Dactylopius austrinus
• Dactylopius ceylonicus
• Dactylopius coccus
• Dactylopius confusus
• Dactylopius opuntiae
• Dactylopius tomentosus

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