Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Cuckoo-Bread

Anarta myrtilli compared with Oxalis acetosella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Beautiful Yellow Underwing Cuckoo-Bread
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Insecta (Insects) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family Noctuidae Oxalidaceae
Genus Anarta Oxalis
Species Anarta myrtilli Oxalis acetosella

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Cuckoo-Bread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Beautiful Yellow Underwing Cuckoo-Bread
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.

Cuckoo-Bread

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (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.

Cuckoo-Bread

No description available.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

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