punctatrix

From the New Latin punctātrīx (“marker by dots”).

punctatrix f

1. Used attributively as a specific epithet; that marks with dots.
   • 1908, The Indian Forester (R.P. Sharma), volume 34, page 56

     [T]he ladybird (Coccinella bipunctata) was introduced to prey on the cottony cushion scale (Icerya punctatrix) with entire success.

• Xanthopimpla punctatrix

• punctator

pūnctum (“a dot, a small hole”) +‎ -trīx (“feminine agent suffix”)

pūnctātrīx f (genitive pūnctātrīcis); third declension

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Third-declension noun.