Ephestia

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q2742956
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Ephestia

Summary

Ephestia is a taxon[1]. Ephestia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ephestia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ephestia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ephestia is classified within Phycitini[5].
  • Ephestia's scientific name is Ephestia[6].
  • Ephestia's Commons category is recorded as Ephestia[7].
  • Ephestia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ephestia[8].
  • Ephestia's has host is recorded as Coffea[9].
  • Ephestia's has host is recorded as Triticum[10].
  • Ephestia's has host is recorded as maize[11].
  • Ephestia's has host is recorded as Castanea[12].
  • Ephestia's has host is recorded as Q155867[13].

Body

Classification

Ephestia's scientific name is Ephestia[6]. Ephestia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Ephestia belongs to the parent taxon Phycitini[5].

Identifiers

Ephestia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 173565[14]. Ephestia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 943732[15]. Ephestia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 93634[16]. Ephestia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1878460[17].

Why It Matters

Ephestia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2] Ephestia has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Ephestia is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Phycitini
    Topic's main category Category:Ephestia
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550669005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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