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Yellowtail moth

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q2399206
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Summary

Yellowtail moth is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yellowtail moth's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Yellowtail moth is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Yellowtail moth belongs to the parent taxon Hylesia[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Yellowtail moth is Hylesia metabus[6].
  • Yellowtail moth's Commons category is recorded as Hylesia metabus[7].
  • Yellowtail moth's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. metabus'}[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Yellowtail moth is Hylesia metabus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Hylesia[5].

Identifiers

Yellowtail moth's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 707840[9]. Yellowtail moth's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1113239[10]. Yellowtail moth's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 401175[11]. Yellowtail moth's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1867218[12].

Why It Matters

Yellowtail moth ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Taxon rank → species
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'nl', 'species', 'sv']
    Parent taxon → Hylesia
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Insects (insecta) of the world id: 695094, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/280866|batch #280866]]"
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