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- Cochineal abstract "The cochineal (/kɒtʃᵻˈniːl/ koch-i-NEEL or /ˈkɒtʃᵻniːl/ KOCH-i-neel; Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America as well as Mexico and Arizona, this insect lives on cacti in the genus Opuntia, feeding on plant moisture and nutrients. These insects are found on the pads of prickly pear cacti, then are brushed off and dried.The insect produces carminic acid that deters predation by other insects. Carminic acid, typically 17-24% of dried insects' weight, can be extracted from the body and eggs, then mixed with aluminium or calcium salts to make carmine dye, also known as cochineal. Today, carmine is primarily used as a colorant in food and in lipstick.The carmine dye was used in Central America in the 15th century for coloring fabrics and became an important export good during the colonial period. After synthetic pigments and dyes such as alizarin were invented in the late 19th century, natural-dye production gradually diminished. Health fears over artificial food additives, however, have renewed the popularity of cochineal dyes, and the increased demand has made cultivation of the insect profitable again, with Peru being the largest exporter. Some towns in the Mexican state of Oaxaca are still working in handmade textiles using this cochineal.Other species in the genus Dactylopius can be used to produce cochineal extract, but they are extremely difficult to distinguish from D. coccus, even for expert taxonomists, and the latter scientific name (and the vernacular \"cochineal insect\") is therefore commonly used when one is actually referring to other biological species. The primary biological distinctions between species are minor differences in host plant preferences, in addition to very different geographic distributions.".
- Cochineal binomialAuthority Oronzio_Gabriele_Costa.
- Cochineal class Insect.
- Cochineal domain Eukaryote.
- Cochineal family Dactylopius.
- Cochineal family Scale_insect.
- Cochineal genus Dactylopius.
- Cochineal kingdom Animal.
- Cochineal order Hemiptera.
- Cochineal phylum Arthropod.
- Cochineal synonym "Coccus cacti (Linnaeus, 1758)".
- Cochineal synonym "Pseudococcus cacti (Burmeister, 1839)".
- Cochineal thumbnail Cochineal_drawing.jpg?width=300.
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- Cochineal wikiPageExternalLink www.cochineal.info.
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- Cochineal wikiPageRevisionID "706168576".
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Agave.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Alcoholic_beverage.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Alizarin.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Allergic_rhinitis.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Alum.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Aluminium.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Ammonia.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Anaphylaxis.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Armenian_cochineal.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Phillip.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Aztec.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Aztec_codices.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Beetle.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Borax.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Botany.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Cactoblastis_cactorum.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Cactus.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Caesalpinia_echinata.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Calcium_carbonate.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Cambridge_University_Press.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Linnaeus.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Carmine.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Carminic_acid.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animal_dyes.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Food_colorings.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Food_science.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Insects_as_food.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Insects_described_in_1835.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Pigments.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Category:Scale_insects.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Chamaemyiidae.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Cheddar_cheese.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Cheilitis.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Citric_acid.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Clergy.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Coccinellidae.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Commensalism.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Cookie.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Cosmetics.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Cotton.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Crimson.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Dactylopius.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Dairy.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Dessert.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Dye.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink E_number.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Egg.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Eukaryote.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Export.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Fly.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Food_allergy.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Food_coloring.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Fruit_preserves.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Gelatin.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Handicraft.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Haram.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Hemiptera.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Hermann_Burmeister.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Histology.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink History_of_Latin_America.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Hoverfly.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Hymenoptera.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Immunoglobulin_E.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Insect.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Iron.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Islam.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Italy.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Japan.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Jews.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Juice.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Kermes_(insect).
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Kermes_vermilio.
- Cochineal wikiPageWikiLink Lac.