Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Horsetail

Anarta myrtilli compared with Equisetum laevigatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Horsetail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Equisetales (Equisetales)
Family	Noctuidae	Equisetaceae
Genus	Anarta	Equisetum
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Equisetum laevigatum

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Horsetail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Horsetail
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.

Horsetail

Habitat

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

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.