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Porphyrophora
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Porphyrophora

The scale insect genus Porphyrophora is a large group in the family Margarodidae, which includes the insects Polish cochineal and Armenian cochineal formerly used in dye production.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ararat Scale

speciesPorphyrophora hamelii

Porphyrophora crithmi

speciesPorphyrophora crithmi

Porphyrophora buxtoni

speciesPorphyrophora buxtoni

Porphyrophora bolivari

speciesPorphyrophora bolivari

Porphyrophora madraguensis

speciesPorphyrophora madraguensis

Porphyrophora kiritshenkoi

speciesPorphyrophora kiritshenkoi

Porphyrophora minuta

speciesPorphyrophora minuta

Porphyrophora chelodonta

speciesPorphyrophora chelodonta

Porphyrophora cynodontis

speciesPorphyrophora cynodontis

Porphyrophora tritici

speciesPorphyrophora tritici

Polish cochineal

speciesPorphyrophora polonica

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 967540.