# Porphyrophora hamelii

> species of insect, formerly used to produce an eponymous crimson carmine dyestuff known in Armenia as vordan karmir

**Wikidata**: [Q10637838](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10637838)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_cochineal)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/porphyrophora-hamelii


## References

1. Encyclopedia of Life
2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility
3. The Insect Dyes of Western and West-Central Asia
4. Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
5. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
6. Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6
7. Diurnal periodicity of flight by insects