Mint moth

species of moth
Taxon taxon Q1477041
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Summary

Mint moth is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month, #1,575 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mint moth's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mint moth is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Mint moth is classified within Pyrausta[5].
  • Mint moth's scientific name is Pyrausta aurata[6].
  • Mint moth's Commons category is recorded as Pyrausta aurata[7].
  • Mint moth's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pyrausta aurata[8].
  • Mint moth's Commons gallery is recorded as Pyrausta aurata[9].
  • Mint moth's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. aurata'}[10].
  • Mint moth is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'muntvlinder'}[11].
  • Mint moth is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Muntvlinder'}[12].
  • Mint moth is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'meiramikirjokoisa'}[13].
  • Mint moth is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'mynteengmott'}[14].
  • Mint moth's has host is recorded as Origanum[15].
  • Mint moth's has host is recorded as Salvia[16].
  • Mint moth's has host is recorded as Nepeta[17].
  • Mint moth's has host is recorded as Mentha[18].
  • Mint moth's has host is recorded as Calamintha[19].
  • Mint moth's has host is recorded as Melissa officinalis[20].

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Classification

Mint moth's scientific name is Pyrausta aurata[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Pyrausta[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'muntvlinder'}[11], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'meiramikirjokoisa'}[13], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'mynteengmott'}[14].

Identifiers

Mint moth's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55658[21]. Mint moth's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1594338[22]. Mint moth's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 544936[23]. Mint moth's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1890534[24].

Why It Matters

Mint moth ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month, #1,575 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Vlinderstichting vlinders. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'nl', 'pt', 'species', 'uk', 'vi']
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 9342
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  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lepindex id → 27533, 27537
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  3. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Taxon rank → species
    Wikidata description → species of moth
    Parent taxon → Pyrausta
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