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Kerriidae

Index Kerriidae

Kerriidae is a family of scale insects, commonly known as lac insects or lac scales. [1]

15 relations: Animal, Arthropod, Dye, Hemiptera, Insect, Kerria (insect), Kerria lacca, Lac, Paratachardina decorella, Paratachardina pseudolobata, Resin, Scale insect, Shellac, Sternorrhyncha, Varnish.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Dye

A dye is a colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied.

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Hemiptera

The Hemiptera or true bugs are an order of insects comprising some 50,000 to 80,000 species of groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Kerria (insect)

Kerria is a genus of scale insect of the family Kerriidae.

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Kerria lacca

Kerria lacca is a species of insect in the family Kerriidae, the lac insects.

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Lac

Lac is the scarlet resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated species is Kerria lacca.

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Paratachardina decorella

Paratachardina decorella, the rosette lac scale, is a scale insect in the Kerriidae family.

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Paratachardina pseudolobata

Paratachardina pseudolobata, the lobate lac scale, is a polyphagous and pestiferous lac scale insect, which damages trees and woody shrubs in Cuba, Florida, the Bahamas and the Australian territory of Christmas Island.

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Resin

In polymer chemistry and materials science, resin is a "solid or highly viscous substance" of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers.

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Scale insect

The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha.

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Shellac

Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand.

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Sternorrhyncha

The Sternorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains the aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects, groups which were traditionally included in the order Homoptera.

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Varnish

Varnish is a transparent, hard, protective finish or film that is primarily used in wood finishing but also for other materials.

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Lac bug, Lac insect, Lac scale.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerriidae

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