Bad-smelling Alkanet vs ground lackey

Alkanna maleolens compared with Malacosoma castrense

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while ground lackey is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	ground lackey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Lasiocampidae
Genus	Alkanna	Malacosoma
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Malacosoma castrense

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

ground lackey

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	ground lackey
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.

ground lackey

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in 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.