Ashy Button vs Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Acleris sparsana compared with Blarinella quadraticauda

Key Differences

• Ashy Button is Least Concern while Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy Button	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Tortricidae	Soricidae
Genus	Acleris	Blarinella
Species	Acleris sparsana	Blarinella quadraticauda

Evolutionary Relationship

Ashy Button and Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Ashy Button

LC — Least Concern

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy Button	Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ashy Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ashy Button

Ashy button (Acleris sparsana) is a species in the genus Acleris. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew

The Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella quadraticauda) is a species in the genus Blarinella. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.