Species Profile
Laccifer
Lac insect
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Plant-parasitic insect found on trees.
Economically important for lac production.
Size & Structure
01
Minute soft body
02
Covered with resinous secretion
03
Sexual dimorphism present
Laccifer — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate (haemocoel)
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Ventral nerve cord
- Excretory organ
- Malpighian tubules
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic (stenohaline)
- Circulatory type
- Open
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Tracheal
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Open
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoconformer
Ecology
Plant parasite
Part of forest ecosystem
Economic Importance
Source of lac
Used in varnish and polish
Industrial importance