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Dactylopius



Dac·ty·lo·pi·us [ -ˈlōpēəs]



Dactylopius   
noun
[-ˈlōpēəs]

Definition of Dactylopius

: a genus of scales containing the cochineal insect and formerly those mealybugs that are now placed in Pseudococcus



History and Etymology for Dactylopius

New Latin, from dactyl- + -pius (probably from Greek piōn fat); from the form of the body



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