Cabbage looper

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q722651
Cabbage looper
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Cabbage looper

Summary

Cabbage looper is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (417 views/month, #1,524 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cabbage looper's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cabbage looper is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Cabbage looper belongs to the parent taxon Trichoplusia[5].
  • Cabbage looper's scientific name is Trichoplusia ni[6].
  • Cabbage looper's Commons category is recorded as Trichoplusia ni[7].
  • Cabbage looper's main food source is recorded as tomato[8].
  • Cabbage looper's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'T. ni'}[9].
  • Cabbage looper is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'gem fforch welw'}[10].
  • Cabbage looper is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'ni-uil'}[11].
  • Cabbage looper is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '粉纹夜蛾'}[12].
  • Cabbage looper is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Ni-uil'}[13].
  • Cabbage looper is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'ni'}[14].
  • Cabbage looper is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ni moth'}[15].
  • Cabbage looper is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'tupsumetalliyökkönen'}[16].
  • Cabbage looper is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'u-tegnet metallfly'}[17].
  • Cabbage looper's different from is recorded as cabbage moth[18].
  • Cabbage looper's has host is recorded as Cakile maritima[19].
  • Cabbage looper's has host is recorded as Apium graveolens[20].
  • Cabbage looper's has host is recorded as Chaenomeles japonica[21].
  • Cabbage looper's has host is recorded as Cucumis sativus[22].
  • Cabbage looper's has host is recorded as Raphanus sativus[23].
  • Cabbage looper's has host is recorded as Reseda odorata[24].
  • Cabbage looper's has host is recorded as Smilax rotundifolia[25].
  • Cabbage looper's has host is recorded as Solanum[26].
  • Cabbage looper's has host is recorded as Spathiphyllum[27].

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Classification

Cabbage looper's scientific name is Trichoplusia ni[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Trichoplusia[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'gem fforch welw'}[10], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'ni-uil'}[11], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '粉纹夜蛾'}[12], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'ni'}[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ni moth'}[15], and {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'tupsumetalliyökkönen'}[16].

Identifiers

Cabbage looper's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7111[28]. Cabbage looper's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 551152[29]. Cabbage looper's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1786360[30]. Cabbage looper's ITIS TSN is recorded as 117479[31].

Why It Matters

Cabbage looper ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (417 views/month, #1,524 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . Global Biotic Interactions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Vlinderstichting vlinders. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [23] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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