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Genus Dactylopius

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Class Insecta - Insects

Order Hemiptera - True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies

Suborder Sternorrhyncha - Plant-parasitic Hemipterans

Superfamily Coccoidea - Scales and Mealybugs

Family Dactylopiidae - Cochineal Insects

Genus Dactylopius

Species confusus - Cochineal Bug

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