Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Prickly Pole

Anarta myrtilli compared with Bactris jamaicana

Key Differences

• Beautiful Yellow Underwing is Least Concern while Prickly Pole is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Prickly Pole
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Noctuidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Anarta	Bactris
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Bactris jamaicana

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Pole

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Prickly Pole
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.

Prickly Pole

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.