Kermes vermilio

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Kermes vermilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Kermesidae
Genus:	Kermes
Species:	K. vermilio
Binomial name
Kermes vermilio , 1864

Kermes vermilio is one of the species of Kermes used to make the crimson dye also called kermes.^[1]

See also[]

• Cochineal
• Armenian cochineal (kirmiz)
• Vermilion

References[]

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