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Megalopygidae

family of insects
Taxon taxon Q135433
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Summary

Megalopygidae is a taxon[1]. Megalopygidae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,062 views/month, #1,584 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Zygaenoidea[4]
  • Taxon name: Megalopygidae[5]
  • Commons category: Megalopygidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Megalopygidae[7]
  • Taxon common name: Crinkled Flannel Moths[8]
  • Taxon author citation: Herrich-Schäffer, 1855[9]

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Identifiers

Megalopygidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 84186[10]. Megalopygidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 287131[11]. Megalopygidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 858[12]. Megalopygidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9409[13]. Megalopygidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 117626[14].

Why It Matters

Megalopygidae has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Megalopygidae is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Megalopygidae
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Zygaenoidea
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Herrich-Schäffer, 1855, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
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