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pest insect

an insect that is harmful or difficult for humans, at least undesirable.
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pest insect

Summary

pest insect ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pest insect is a type of insect[2].
  • pest insect is a type of pest[3].
  • pest insect is the opposite of beneficial insect[4].
  • pest insect's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pest insects[5].
  • pest insect's facet of is recorded as insect control[6].
  • pest insect's has list is recorded as list of pest insects[7].
  • pest insect's studied by is recorded as economic entomology[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include insect[2] and pest[3]. pest insect is the opposite of beneficial insect[4].

Why It Matters

pest insect ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pest-insect_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{pest insect}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pest-insect}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → beneficial insect
    Has list → list of pest insects
    Studied by → economic entomology
    Facet of → insect control
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4492, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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