Dactylopius tomentosus

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Paraneoptera > Condylognatha > Hemiptera (bugs) > Sternorryncha > Superfamily: Coccoidea > Family: Dactylopiidae > Genus: Dactylopius

Released in South Africa for the biological control of Cylindropuntia fulgida (previously misidentified as Cylindropuntia rosea).