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Talis quercella

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ7679549 ↗
Source-derived summary

Talis quercella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine, Russia, Asia Minor, Iraq, Iran, China, Mongolia and North Africa.

The wingspan is about 27 millimetres (1.1 in).

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

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1775—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Talis, quercella and species providing the first useful test.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7679549. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1775.

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This entry incorporates text from “Talis quercella” 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.