beaded chestnut vs Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

Agrochola lychnidis compared with Opuntia chlorotica

Key Differences

• beaded chestnut is Near Threatened while Dollar-joint Prickly-pear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	beaded chestnut	Dollar-joint Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Noctuidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Agrochola	Opuntia
Species	Agrochola lychnidis	Opuntia chlorotica

Conservation Status

beaded chestnut

NT — Near Threatened

Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	beaded chestnut	Dollar-joint Prickly-pear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

beaded chestnut

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Italy.

beaded chestnut

The Beaded chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis) is a species in the genus Agrochola. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.