Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs prairie phlox

Anarta myrtilli compared with Phlox pilosa

Key Differences

• Beautiful Yellow Underwing is Least Concern while prairie phlox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	prairie phlox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Noctuidae	Polemoniaceae
Genus	Anarta	Phlox
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Phlox pilosa

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

prairie phlox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	prairie phlox
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.

prairie phlox

Habitat

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

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.