Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs red spiderling

Anarta myrtilli compared with Boerhavia diffusa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Beautiful Yellow Underwing red spiderling
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Insecta (Insects) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family Noctuidae Nyctaginaceae
Genus Anarta Boerhavia
Species Anarta myrtilli Boerhavia diffusa

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

red spiderling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Beautiful Yellow Underwing red spiderling
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 spiderling

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.

red spiderling

No description available.

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