Big-Leaf Maple vs six-spot burnet

Acer macrophyllum compared with Zygaena filipendulae

Key Differences

Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while six-spot burnet is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	six-spot burnet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Zygaenidae
Genus	Acer	Zygaena
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Zygaena filipendulae

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

six-spot burnet

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	six-spot burnet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

six-spot burnet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.