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Notes: Ericerus pela, which belongs to the family Coccidae, is an insect species of high economic value in China. This coccid is used for wax production. A partial biochemical analysis of this insect was conducted. Female adults had 6.334% nitrogen, 39.59% protein and 6.2556% fat. The ethanol extract of the insect contained 0.260% nitrogen, 0.656% protein, 3.300% reducing sugar and 7.000% saccharides. Seventeen different amino acids were identified. Of these, histidine, glutamic acid and alanine showed the highest contents (464.3740, 201.6187 and 90.3352 µg/g, respectively). The contents of Ca, Fe, Mg, Al, Ba, Co, Mn, P, Sr and Zn were also determined.