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Biston

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q140684

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
taxon
Has host
pomelo, Garcinia mangostana[6][7]
Parent taxon
Bistonini[3]
Taxon common name
włochacz[5]
Taxon name
Biston[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Biston ar بستون cs drsnokřídlec el Amphidasys el Biston el αμφίδασυς el βίστων fa بیستون (شب پره) nl Eubyja pl włochacz vi Eubyja zh 双云尺蛾属 zh 鹰尺蛾属
🔖 Identifiers · 29
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Biston.strataria.7548.jpg ↗
BOLD Systems taxon ID
7734
Belgian Species List ID
52683
BioLib taxon ID
52015
BugGuide taxon ID
19103
ButMoth ID
3918.0
Catalogue of Life ID
923TH
Dyntaxa ID
1004152
EPPO Code
1BISTG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
36486
Fauna Europaea ID
445611
Fauna Europaea New ID
d23983ec-02b1-43c3-9781-a0d2284679eb
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Freebase ID
/m/025tw1w
GBIF taxon ID
1975885
INaturalist taxon ID
124249
IRMNG ID
1120707
ITIS TSN
117559
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
924
LepIndex ID
231120, 231125
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780638896
NBIC scientific name ID
47104
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000517418
NCBI taxonomy ID
82594
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007282554805171
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
168796
Open Tree of Life ID
968120
Topic's main category
Category:Biston
UMLS CUI
C1035546
Yale LUX ID
concept/990e7009-3378-4809-a539-dcdbaedeeac1

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 22
Peppered moth, Biston strataria, Biston robustum, Biston brevipennata, Biston falcata, Biston marginata, Biston melacron, Biston quercii +14 more
Has host 2
pomelo, Garcinia mangostana
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Bistonini
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Biston
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Category:Biston
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Summary

Biston is a taxon[1].

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    LepIndex ID → 231120, 231125
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ LepIndex ID: 231125, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270217|batch #270217]]"
  2. 10w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (Insecta) of the World ID → 924
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Insects (Insecta) of the World ID: 924, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269391|batch #269391]]"
  3. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Bistonini
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Instance of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007282554805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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