Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Red ash

Anarta myrtilli compared with Alphitonia excelsa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Red ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Noctuidae	Rhamnaceae
Genus	Anarta	Alphitonia
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Alphitonia excelsa

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Red ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Red ash
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.

Red ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across India, Papua New Guinea, 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.