Category
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Kermes
genus of insects

Kermesidae
The Kermesidae, or gall-like scales, are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. The type genus, Kermes, includes the kermes scale insects, from which a red dye, also called kermes (a.k.a. crimson), is obtained. The family includes about 100 species in 10 genera found in the Nearctic, Indomalayan and Palaearctic realms.

Kermes vermilio
species of insect
kermes
Red dye derived from a scale insect in the genus Kermes
Olliffiella
Olliffiella is a genus of gall-like scale insects in the family Kermesidae. There are at least two described species in Olliffiella.

Olliffiella cristicola
species of insect
Nidularia
genus of insects