Beggar'S-Buttons vs Faded Pincertail

Arctium lappa compared with Onychogomphus costae

Key Differences

• Beggar'S-Buttons is Least Concern while Faded Pincertail is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Faded Pincertail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Gomphidae
Genus	Arctium	Onychogomphus
Species	Arctium lappa	Onychogomphus costae

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Faded Pincertail

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Faded Pincertail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Faded Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.