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pest insect

an insect that is harmful or difficult for humans, at least undesirable.
Class type of: insect, pest Q2366957

Facts

5 properties
Subclass of
insect, pest
Facet of
insect control[4]
Has list
list of pest insects[5]
Opposite of
beneficial insect[3]
Studied by
economic entomology[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en injurious insect en destructive insect en destructive insect pest en noxious insect en insect pest en injurious insect pest en pest insect ar حشرات ضارة ar حشرة ضارة ar آفة حشرية cs škodlivý hmyz de Schadinsekt de Plageinsekt de Insektenpest de Schädliches Insekt fi tuholaishyönteinen fi tuhohyönteinen fi tuhohyönteiset fi tuholainen fi tuholaiset
🔖 Identifiers · 16
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85066645
GND ID
4124125-3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Koolvlieg bloemkool.jpg ↗
BNCF Thesaurus ID
7180
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119713200
Dewey Decimal Classification
591.65
FAST ID
973989
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1218rw81
NALT ID
9355
NDL Authority ID
00562156
NL CR AUT ID
ph135690
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007553128105171
Show all 16 identifiers +4
SVKKL authority ID
h0004240-skodlivy-hmyz
Topic's main category
Category:Pest insects
YSO ID
4492
Yale LUX ID
concept/a11882d6-7c07-45da-afad-b9460057d251

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🔗 Connections
Examples 2
Fall webworm, mountain pine beetle
Subclass of 2
insect, pest
Opposite of 1
beneficial insect
Subtypes 1
bookworm
Topic's main category 1
Category:Pest insects
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Pest insects
← Field of work 1
Ragnhild Sundby
← Has characteristic 1
mountain pine beetle
← Opposite of 1
beneficial insect
← Uses 1
entomological warfare
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Summary

pest insect is a type of insect[1] and pest[2].

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  1. 20w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → h0004240-skodlivy-hmyz
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: h0004240-skodlivy-hmyz, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → beneficial insect
    Has list → list of pest insects
    Studied by → economic entomology
    Facet of → insect control
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ YSO ID: 4492, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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