beaded chestnut vs Starfruit

Agrochola lychnidis compared with Damasonium bourgaei

Key Differences

• beaded chestnut is Near Threatened while Starfruit is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	beaded chestnut	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Noctuidae	Alismataceae
Genus	Agrochola	Damasonium
Species	Agrochola lychnidis	Damasonium bourgaei

Conservation Status

beaded chestnut

NT — Near Threatened

Starfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	beaded chestnut	Starfruit
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.

Starfruit

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Portugal.

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.