Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs lizard crystalwort

Anarta myrtilli compared with Riccia bifurca

Key Differences

Beautiful Yellow Underwing is Least Concern while lizard crystalwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	lizard crystalwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Noctuidae	Ricciaceae
Genus	Anarta	Riccia
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Riccia bifurca

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

lizard crystalwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	lizard crystalwort
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.

lizard crystalwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.