Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Straw-coloured-headed Centaury

Anarta myrtilli compared with Psephellus straminicephalus

Key Differences

• Beautiful Yellow Underwing is Least Concern while Straw-coloured-headed Centaury is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Straw-coloured-headed Centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Noctuidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anarta	Psephellus
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Psephellus straminicephalus

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Straw-coloured-headed Centaury

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Straw-coloured-headed Centaury
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.

Straw-coloured-headed Centaury

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.