Cinnabar moth

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q769234
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Summary

Cinnabar moth is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,495 views/month, #1,221 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Tyria[4]
  • Taxon name: Tyria jacobaeae[5]
  • Commons category: Tyria jacobaeae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tyria jacobaeae[7]
  • Commons gallery: Tyria jacobaeae[8]
  • Short name: T. jacobaeae[9]
  • Taxon common name: teigr y benfelen[10], sint-jacobsvlinder[11], cinnabar moth[12], přástevník starčkový[13], goutte de sang[14], cinnabar[15], jaakonsiilikäs[16], Àrctid del seneci[17], marzymłódka proporzec[18]
  • Has host: Senecio jacobaea[19], Senecio[20], Pluchea odorata[21], Humulus lupulus[22], Sonchus oleraceus[23]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: vulnerable[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
  • Taxon author citation: (Linnaeus, 1758)[26]
  • Taxon range: New Zealand[27]

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Identifiers

Cinnabar moth's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51781[28]. Cinnabar moth's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 179666[29]. Cinnabar moth's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5115777[30]. Cinnabar moth's ITIS TSN is recorded as 117314[31].

Why It Matters

Cinnabar moth has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Vlinderstichting vlinders. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . Motyle i ćmy. wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . New Zealand Organisms Register. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . 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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  1. 8d ago · Christian Pirkl · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'be', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en',
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  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lepindex id → 47804, 47813
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  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has host → Senecio jacobaea, Senecio, Pluchea odorata +2
    Parent taxon → Tyria
    Instance of → taxon
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