wax insect
noun
1.
any of several scale insects that secrete a commercially valuable waxy substance, especially a Chinese scale insect,
Ericerus pe-la.
Origin
1805-15
British Dictionary definitions for
wax insect
wax insect
noun
1.
any of various scale insects that secrete wax or a waxy substance, esp the oriental species
Ceroplastes ceriferus,
which produces Chinese wax