Eastern tent caterpillar

Summary

Eastern tent caterpillar is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,268 views/month, #1,051 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Eastern tent caterpillar's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Eastern tent caterpillar is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Eastern tent caterpillar is classified within Malacosoma^[5].
• Eastern tent caterpillar's scientific name is Malacosoma americanum^[6].
• Eastern tent caterpillar's Commons category is recorded as Malacosoma americanum^[7].
• Eastern tent caterpillar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Malacosoma americanum^[8].
• Eastern tent caterpillar's Commons gallery is recorded as Malacosoma americanum^[9].
• Eastern tent caterpillar's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. americanum'}^[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Eastern tent caterpillar is Malacosoma americanum^[6]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Malacosoma^[5].

Identifiers

Eastern tent caterpillar's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 81749^[11]. Eastern tent caterpillar's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7099^[12]. Eastern tent caterpillar's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5715280^[13]. Eastern tent caterpillar's ITIS TSN is recorded as 117543^[14].

Why It Matters

Eastern tent caterpillar ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,268 views/month, #1,051 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15]