Eriogaster lanestris

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q179287
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Summary

Eriogaster lanestris is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (139 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Eriogaster[4]
  • Taxon name: Eriogaster lanestris[5]
  • Commons category: Eriogaster lanestris[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Eriogaster lanestris[7]
  • Commons gallery: Eriogaster lanestris[8]
  • Short name: E. lanestris[9]
  • Taxon common name: wylun bach[10], wolspinner[11], bourovec březový[12], koivukehrääjä[13], bjørkespinner[14], puchowica wełnianka[15]
  • Has host: Prunus spinosa[16], Crataegus[17], Prunus cerasus[18], Prunus padus[19], Salix phylicifolia[20], Tilia[21], Tilia platyphyllos[22], Crataegus monogyna[23], Malus pumila[24], Salix[25], Salix repens[26], Tilia cordata[27], Betula nana[28], Rosa canina[29]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: vulnerable[30]

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Identifiers

Eriogaster lanestris's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 354736[31]. Eriogaster lanestris's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1870635[32]. Eriogaster lanestris's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46786518[33]. Eriogaster lanestris's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4525266[34].

Why It Matters

Eriogaster lanestris has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Vlinderstichting vlinders. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Motyle i ćmy. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. 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] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 22
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 6270
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lepindex id → 72371, 72380
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  3. 17w ago · Nabbegat · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Eriogaster lanestris
    Instance of → taxon
    Has host → Prunus spinosa, Crataegus, Prunus cerasus +18
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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