Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Marbled Minor

Alkanna maleolens compared with Oligia strigilis

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Marbled Minor is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Marbled Minor
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Noctuidae
Genus	Alkanna	Oligia
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Oligia strigilis

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Marbled Minor

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Marbled Minor
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.

Marbled Minor

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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.