Meal moth

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q505182
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Meal moth

Summary

Meal moth is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meal moth's image is recorded as Pyralis farinalis (52165790323).jpg[3].
  • Meal moth's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Meal moth's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Meal moth's parent taxon is recorded as Pyralis[6].
  • Meal moth's taxon name is recorded as Pyralis farinalis[7].
  • Meal moth's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2005008320[8].
  • Meal moth's Commons category is recorded as Pyralis farinalis[9].
  • Meal moth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03h5tq6[10].
  • Meal moth's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 687122[11].
  • Meal moth's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 171824[12].
  • Meal moth's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 49981[13].
  • Meal moth's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1872901[14].
  • Meal moth's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 989302[15].
  • Meal moth's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pyralis farinalis[16].
  • Meal moth's Commons gallery is recorded as Pyralis farinalis[17].
  • Meal moth's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/meal-moth[18].
  • Meal moth's Bradley and Fletcher checklist number is recorded as 1417[19].
  • Meal moth's Agassiz checklist number is recorded as 62.072[20].
  • Meal moth's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. farinalis'}[21].
  • Meal moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'gwyfyn blawd'}[22].
  • Meal moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'grote meelmot'}[23].
  • Meal moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Grote meelmot'}[24].
  • Meal moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'lesekoisa'}[25].
  • Meal moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'forrådshalmmott'}[26].
  • Meal moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'zadarlica śpiżarnianka'}[27].

Why It Matters

Meal moth ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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. [7] . Korean National Species List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . UKMoths. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles - Data. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Vlinderstichting vlinders. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Motyle i ćmy. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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