Beautiful Pearl vs Melancholy Thistle

Agrotera nemoralis compared with Cirsium heterophyllum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Pearl	Melancholy Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Crambidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Agrotera	Cirsium
Species	Agrotera nemoralis	Cirsium heterophyllum

Conservation Status

Beautiful Pearl

LC — Least Concern

Melancholy Thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Pearl	Melancholy Thistle
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.

Melancholy Thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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.