Standard name | Coccus cacti |
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Other names | |
Standard abbr. | Coc-c. |
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Scientific name | Protortonia cacti (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Other scientific names | Coccus cacti Linnaeus, 1758; Llaveia cacti Cockerell, 1902; Monophlebus cacti Cockerell, 1902; Protortonia cacti Morrison, 1928 |
Common names | Cochineal |
Substance description | The dried bodies of the female insects are used for making a tincture or trituration. |
Distinctness | DISTINCT |
Classification | Organism – Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Hemiptera – Margarodidae – Protortonia |
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