Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Chinaroot

Anarta myrtilli compared with Dioscorea villosa

Key Differences

• Beautiful Yellow Underwing is Least Concern while Chinaroot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Chinaroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Noctuidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Anarta	Dioscorea
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Dioscorea villosa

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Chinaroot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Chinaroot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

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

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Dioscorea villosa) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.