Beautiful Plume vs Cook's Holly

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla compared with Ilex cookii

Key Differences

• Beautiful Plume is Least Concern while Cook's Holly is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Plume	Cook's Holly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)
Family	Pterophoridae	Aquifoliaceae
Genus	Amblyptilia	Ilex
Species	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Ilex cookii

Conservation Status

Beautiful Plume

LC — Least Concern

Cook's Holly

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Plume	Cook's Holly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Plume

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Asia (4 countries), and Europe (31 countries).

Cook's Holly

Habitat

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

Beautiful Plume

The Beautiful Plume (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla) is a species in the genus Amblyptilia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are.