Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Small Beech Pigmy

Alkanna maleolens compared with Stigmella tityrella

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Small Beech Pigmy is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Small Beech Pigmy
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Nepticulidae
Genus	Alkanna	Stigmella
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Stigmella tityrella

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Small Beech Pigmy

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Small Beech Pigmy
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.

Small Beech Pigmy

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.