Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Monkey Apple

Anarta myrtilli compared with Annona glabra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Beautiful Yellow Underwing Monkey Apple
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Insecta (Insects) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family Noctuidae Annonaceae
Genus Anarta Annona
Species Anarta myrtilli Annona glabra

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Monkey Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Beautiful Yellow Underwing Monkey Apple
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.

Monkey Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Monkey Apple

No description available.

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