Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs pale moonwort

Anarta myrtilli compared with Botrychium pallidum

Key Differences

• Beautiful Yellow Underwing is Least Concern while pale moonwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	pale moonwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Noctuidae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Anarta	Botrychium
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Botrychium pallidum

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

pale moonwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	pale moonwort
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.

pale moonwort

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

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.