Geometridae

family of moths
Taxon taxon Q45559
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Summary

Geometridae is a taxon[1]. Geometridae ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,447 views/month, #1,223 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Geometroidea[4]
  • Taxon name: Geometridae[5]
  • Commons category: Geometridae[6]
  • Start time: -35000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Geometridae[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13]
  • Taxon common name: Spanners[14], miernikowcowate[15], målere[16], miernikowce[17], landmeters[18], banduiltjes[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 49530[21], 342625[22], 123094[23], and 124056[24]. Geometridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 82593[25]. Geometridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 827[26]. Geometridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6950[27]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 117556[28] and 694213[29].

Why It Matters

Geometridae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Geometridae is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Motyle i ćmy. wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7h ago · YukiKoKo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Spanners'}, {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'miernikowcowate'}, {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'målere'} +3
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: landmeters"
  2. 1d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 117556, 694213
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 694213, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  3. 5w ago · Putnik · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → sprindziai
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: sprindziai"
  4. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 74, 23987
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Insects (insecta) of the world id: 23987, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269824|batch #269824]]"
  5. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → geometridae
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: geometridae, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929792|geometridae (#289929792)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → -35000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Inaturalist taxon id → 49530, 342625, 123094 +1
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 4856, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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