beaded chestnut vs Pencil Cedar

Agrochola lychnidis compared with Polyscias murrayi

Key Differences

• beaded chestnut is Near Threatened while Pencil Cedar is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	beaded chestnut	Pencil Cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Noctuidae	Araliaceae
Genus	Agrochola	Polyscias
Species	Agrochola lychnidis	Polyscias murrayi

Conservation Status

beaded chestnut

NT — Near Threatened

Pencil Cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	beaded chestnut	Pencil Cedar
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.

Pencil Cedar

Habitat

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

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.