Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Floating Fern

Anarta myrtilli compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

Beautiful Yellow Underwing is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Noctuidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Anarta	Salvinia
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.