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European gold moth

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ5412638 ↗
Source-derived summary

Axia olga, the European gold moth, is a cimeliid moth found in Armenia and Russia. The species was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1899.

References

External links

Taxon page on BioLib.cz. Accessed 27 March 2010.

Taxon page on Zipcodezoo. Accessed 27 March 2010.

Savela, Markku. "Axia olga (Staudinger, 1899)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 4, 2018.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “European gold moth” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around European, gold and moth.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1899, 2010, 2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with European, gold and moth providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “European gold moth”, the useful work is to connect “species of insect” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5412638. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1899, 2010 and 2018.

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Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “European gold moth” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.