Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Small Cow-Wheat

Anarta myrtilli compared with Melampyrum sylvaticum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Small Cow-Wheat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Noctuidae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Anarta	Melampyrum
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Melampyrum sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Small Cow-Wheat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Small Cow-Wheat
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.

Small Cow-Wheat

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

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.