Bad-smelling Alkanet vs dwarf pug

Alkanna maleolens compared with Eupithecia tantillaria

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while dwarf pug is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	dwarf 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 tantillaria

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

dwarf pug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	dwarf 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.

dwarf pug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.