List of least concern insects
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As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 2843 least concern insect species.[1] 47% of all evaluated insect species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists 12 insect subspecies as least concern.
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- Extinct in the wild (EW): 1 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 195 species
- Endangered (EN): 343 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 608 species
- Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 301 species
- Least concern (LC): 2,843 species
- Data deficient (DD): 1,702 species
Insect species (IUCN, 2016.1)
- 5993 extant species have been evaluated
- 4291 of those are fully assessed[lower-alpha 1]
- 3144 are not threatened at present[lower-alpha 2]
- 1146 to 2848 are threatened[lower-alpha 3]
- 59 to 105 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 58 extinct (EX) species[lower-alpha 4]
- 1 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 46 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
- 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]
- excludes data deficient evaluations.
No subpopulations of insects have been evaluated by the IUCN.
This is a complete list of least concern insect species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN.