Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Dingy Dowd

Alkanna maleolens compared with Blastobasis adustella

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Dingy Dowd is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Dingy Dowd
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Blastobasidae
Genus	Alkanna	Blastobasis
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Blastobasis adustella

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Dingy Dowd

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Dingy Dowd
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.

Dingy Dowd

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.