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Dactylopius ceylonicus (wild cochineal insect)

Synonyms: Coccus cacti ceylonicus; Coccus indicus; Dactylopius argentinus; Dactylopius indicus

Prey / Diet

Predators

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (mealybug destroyer)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0