Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Meal Moth

Alkanna maleolens compared with Pyralis farinalis

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Meal Moth is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Meal Moth
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Pyralidae
Genus	Alkanna	Pyralis
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Pyralis farinalis

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Meal Moth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Meal Moth
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.

Meal Moth

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 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.