Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs cotton grass

Anarta myrtilli compared with Digitaria brownii

Key Differences

Beautiful Yellow Underwing is Least Concern while cotton grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	cotton grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Noctuidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anarta	Digitaria
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Digitaria brownii

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

cotton grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	cotton grass
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.

cotton grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.