Biston

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q140684
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Biston

Summary

Biston is a taxon[1]. Biston ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Biston's image is recorded as Biston.strataria.7548.jpg[3].
  • Biston's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Biston's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Biston's parent taxon is recorded as Bistonini[6].
  • Biston's taxon name is recorded as Biston[7].
  • Biston's Commons category is recorded as Biston[8].
  • Biston's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025tw1w[9].
  • Biston's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 82594[10].
  • Biston's ITIS TSN is recorded as 117559[11].
  • Biston's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 36486[12].
  • Biston's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 52015[13].
  • Biston's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1975885[14].
  • Biston's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Biston[15].
  • Biston's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'włochacz'}[16].
  • Biston's Fauna Europaea ID is recorded as 445611[17].
  • Biston's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 1004152[18].
  • Biston's BugGuide taxon ID is recorded as 19103[19].
  • Biston's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1035546[20].
  • Biston's has host is recorded as pomelo[21].
  • Biston's has host is recorded as Garcinia mangostana[22].
  • Biston's EPPO Code is recorded as 1BISTG[23].
  • Biston's ButMoth ID is recorded as 3918.0[24].
  • Biston's LepIndex ID is recorded as 231120[25].
  • Biston's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 124249[26].
  • Biston's NBN System Key is recorded as NHMSYS0000517418[27].

Why It Matters

Biston ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2] Biston has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Biston is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Motyle i ćmy. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Fauna Europaea. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Dyntaxa. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Butterflies and Moths of the World. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved . 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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