Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Small Festooned Roller

Alkanna maleolens compared with Ancylis diminutana

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Small Festooned Roller is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Small Festooned Roller
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Boraginaceae	Tortricidae
Genus	Alkanna	Ancylis
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Ancylis diminutana

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Small Festooned Roller

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Small Festooned Roller
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 Festooned Roller

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, 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.