Peppered moth

Summary

Peppered moth is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (293 views/month, #1,472 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Peppered moth's image is recorded as (MHNT) Biston betularia - Lustenice Czech Republic - Male.jpg^[3].
• Peppered moth's image is recorded as Peppered moth (Biston betularia) female.jpg^[4].
• Peppered moth's instance of is recorded as taxon^[5].
• Peppered moth's taxon rank is recorded as species^[6].
• Peppered moth's parent taxon is recorded as Biston^[7].
• Peppered moth's taxon name is recorded as Biston betularia^[8].
• Peppered moth's Commons category is recorded as Biston betularia^[9].
• Peppered moth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/066_q^[10].
• Peppered moth's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 82595^[11].
• Peppered moth's ITIS TSN is recorded as 117560^[12].
• Peppered moth's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 298821^[13].
• Peppered moth's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 52017^[14].
• Peppered moth's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1975897^[15].
• Peppered moth's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Peppered moth^[16].
• Peppered moth's Commons gallery is recorded as Biston betularia^[17].
• Peppered moth's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/peppered-moth^[18].
• Peppered moth's Bradley and Fletcher checklist number is recorded as 1931^[19].
• Peppered moth's Agassiz checklist number is recorded as 70.252^[20].
• Peppered moth's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. betularia'}^[21].
• Peppered moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'gwyfyn brith [golau]'}^[22].
• Peppered moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'peper-en-zoutvlinder'}^[23].
• Peppered moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Peper-en-zoutvlinder'}^[24].
• Peppered moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'peppered moth'}^[25].
• Peppered moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'phalène du bouleau'}^[26].
• Peppered moth's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'koivumittari'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Peppered moth ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (293 views/month, #1,472 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]