beaded chestnut vs Vegetable fern

Agrochola lychnidis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• beaded chestnut is Near Threatened while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	beaded chestnut	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Noctuidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Agrochola	Diplazium
Species	Agrochola lychnidis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

beaded chestnut

NT — Near Threatened

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	beaded chestnut	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, 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.