Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q2121239
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth
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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth

Summary

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (889 views/month, #1,563 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth belongs to the parent taxon Malacosoma[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth is Malacosoma disstria[6].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's Commons category is recorded as Malacosoma disstria[7].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Malacosoma disstria[8].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's Commons gallery is recorded as Malacosoma disstria[9].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. disstria'}[10].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth'}[11].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Alnus[12].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Amelanchier[13].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Betula populifolia[14].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Fraxinus nigra[15].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Fraxinus pennsylvanica[16].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Ilex[17].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Juglans nigra[18].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Malus[19].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Nyssa[20].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Pinus banksiana[21].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Prunus demissa[22].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Prunus pensylvanica[23].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Quercus garryana[24].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Quercus velutina[25].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Sorbus[26].
  • Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's has host is recorded as Vaccinium angustifolium[27].

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Classification

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's scientific name is Malacosoma disstria[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Malacosoma[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[11].

Identifiers

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40071[28]. Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 382940[29]. Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5101763[30]. Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth's ITIS TSN is recorded as 117544[31].

Why It Matters

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (889 views/month, #1,563 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  21. [19] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: 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.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Malacosoma
    Topic's main category Category:Malacosoma disstria
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