Ashy Button vs Bad-smelling Alkanet

Acleris sparsana compared with Alkanna maleolens

Key Differences

• Ashy Button is Least Concern while Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy Button	Bad-smelling Alkanet
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Tortricidae	Boraginaceae
Genus	Acleris	Alkanna
Species	Acleris sparsana	Alkanna maleolens

Conservation Status

Ashy Button

LC — Least Concern

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy Button	Bad-smelling Alkanet
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.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.