Bad-smelling Alkanet vs oak yellow underwing

Alkanna maleolens compared with Catocala nymphagoga

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while oak yellow underwing is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	oak yellow underwing
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Erebidae
Genus	Alkanna	Catocala
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Catocala nymphagoga

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

oak yellow underwing

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	oak yellow underwing
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.

oak yellow underwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Belgium.

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.