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Orgyia falcata

species of moth

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ54985467 ↗
Source-derived summary

Orgyia falcata is a species of tussock moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Orgyia falcata is 8317.

Editorial summary

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

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 28-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Orgyia, falcata and species providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Orgyia falcata”, the useful work is to connect “species of moth” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q54985467. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Orgyia falcata” 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.