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Tineidae

family of lepidopteran insects
Taxon taxon Q2473551
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Summary

Tineidae is a taxon[1]. Tineidae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,951 views/month, #1,551 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Tineoidea[4]
  • Taxon name: Tineidae[5]
  • Commons category: Tineidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tineidae[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8]
  • Taxon common name: Echte motten[9], ekte møll[10], motuiltjes[11]
  • Different from: Plodia interpunctella[12]

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Identifiers

Tineidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 124262[13]. Tineidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41012[14]. Tineidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 909[15]. Tineidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9412[16]. Tineidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 118741[17].

Why It Matters

Tineidae has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Tineidae is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Surinaamsche vlinders: naar het leven geteekend. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . 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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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. 2d ago · YukiKoKo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 43
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Echte motten'}, {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'ekte møll'}, {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'motuiltjes'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de', 'eml', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: motuiltjes"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C2171
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C2171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i47581
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
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