What is the scientific name of the lac insect?

🔑 Key Points
🐞 Lac Insect:
→ Botanical name: Kerria lacca OR Laccifer lacca
→ Family: Lacifferidae
→ It is a natural resin produced by the lac insect, which is what shellac is made from.
→ Lac is used in polishes, inks, electrical insulations, cosmetics, lubricants, and more.
→ Lac is the scarlet red resinous secretion of several species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated species is Kerria lacca.
→ It is the only known commercial resin of animal origin.
→ The rearing of lac insects for commercial production of the lac is called lac culture.
→ Cultivation of Lac provides livelihood to millions of lac growers and helps in conserving vast stretches of forest and biodiversity associated with the lac insect complex.
→ For qualitative and quantitative production of lac, it is important to know the biology and behavior of the insect.