Beautiful Pearl vs Floating Fern

Agrotera nemoralis compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

Beautiful Pearl is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Pearl	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Crambidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Agrotera	Salvinia
Species	Agrotera nemoralis	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Beautiful Pearl

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Pearl	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Pearl

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Beautiful Pearl

The Beautiful Pearl (Agrotera nemoralis) is a species in the genus Agrotera. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.