Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Desert Thorn

Anarta myrtilli compared with Lycium minimum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Desert Thorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Noctuidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Anarta	Lycium
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Lycium minimum

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Desert Thorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Desert Thorn
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.

Desert Thorn

Habitat

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

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.