beaded chestnut vs Prickly Coontail

Agrochola lychnidis compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• beaded chestnut is Near Threatened while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	beaded chestnut	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Noctuidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Agrochola	Ceratophyllum
Species	Agrochola lychnidis	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

beaded chestnut

NT — Near Threatened

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	beaded chestnut	Prickly Coontail
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.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.