Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Currant Pug

Alkanna maleolens compared with Eupithecia assimilata

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Currant Pug is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Currant Pug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Geometridae
Genus	Alkanna	Eupithecia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Eupithecia assimilata

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Currant Pug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Currant Pug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

Currant Pug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (4 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.