Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Pleurisy Root

Anarta myrtilli compared with Asclepias incarnata

Key Differences

Beautiful Yellow Underwing is Least Concern while Pleurisy Root is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Pleurisy Root
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Noctuidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Anarta	Asclepias
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Asclepias incarnata

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Pleurisy Root

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Pleurisy Root
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.

Pleurisy Root

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Algeria, Belgium, Sweden, 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.