Black-winged Little Yellow Bat vs Mediterranean flour moth

Rhogeessa tumida compared with Ephestia kuehniella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-winged Little Yellow Bat	Mediterranean flour moth
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Pyralidae
Genus	Rhogeessa	Ephestia
Species	Rhogeessa tumida	Ephestia kuehniella

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-winged Little Yellow Bat and Mediterranean flour moth share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Black-winged Little Yellow Bat

LC — Least Concern

Mediterranean flour moth

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-winged Little Yellow Bat	Mediterranean flour moth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-winged Little Yellow Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Mediterranean flour moth

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, temperate coniferous forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (31 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Black-winged Little Yellow Bat

The Black-winged Little Yellow Bat (Rhogeessa tumida) is a species in the genus Rhogeessa. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found in Colombia.