Actias luna

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q135289
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Actias luna

Summary

Actias luna is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,117 views/month, #594 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Actias luna's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Actias luna is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Actias luna belongs to the parent taxon Actias[5].
  • Actias luna's scientific name is Actias luna[6].
  • Actias luna's Commons category is recorded as Actias luna[7].
  • Actias luna's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Actias luna[8].
  • Actias luna's Commons gallery is recorded as Actias luna[9].
  • Actias luna's main food source is recorded as walnut tree[10].
  • Actias luna's main food source is recorded as Carya[11].
  • Actias luna's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. luna'}[12].
  • Actias luna is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Luna Moth'}[13].
  • Actias luna is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Papillon lune'}[14].
  • Actias luna is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Amerikai holdasszövő'}[15].
  • Actias luna is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Amerikansk månespinner'}[16].
  • Actias luna is commonly known as {'lang': 'te', 'text': 'చంద్ర చిమ్మట'}[17].
  • Actias luna's wingspan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+90'}[18].
  • Actias luna's life expectancy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q23387', 'amount': '+1'}[19].
  • Actias luna's has host is recorded as Carya[20].
  • Actias luna's has host is recorded as Populus tremuloides[21].
  • Actias luna's has host is recorded as Salix[22].
  • Actias luna's has host is recorded as Acer rubrum[23].
  • Actias luna's has host is recorded as Acer saccharum[24].
  • Actias luna's has host is recorded as Betula pendula[25].
  • Actias luna's has host is recorded as Fagus[26].
  • Actias luna's has host is recorded as Juglans cinerea[27].

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Classification

Actias luna's scientific name is Actias luna[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Actias[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Luna Moth'}[13], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Papillon lune'}[14], {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Amerikai holdasszövő'}[15], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Amerikansk månespinner'}[16], and {'lang': 'te', 'text': 'చంద్ర చిమ్మట'}[17].

Identifiers

Actias luna's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47916[28]. Actias luna's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 63976[29]. Actias luna's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1865668[30]. Actias luna's ITIS TSN is recorded as 936178[31].

Why It Matters

Actias luna ranks in the top 0.3% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,117 views/month, #594 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . mdc.mo.gov. mdc.mo.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . mdc.mo.gov. mdc.mo.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . Luna Moth, Actias (=Tropaea) luna (Linneaus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Saturniinae). wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . chesapeakebay.net. chesapeakebay.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Actias
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of taxon
    Main food source walnut tree, Carya
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538682605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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