Blue Roundhead vs Brown Oak Tortrix

Stropharia caerulea compared with Archips crataegana

Key Differences

• Blue Roundhead is Not Evaluated while Brown Oak Tortrix is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Roundhead	Brown Oak Tortrix
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Strophariaceae	Tortricidae
Genus	Stropharia	Archips
Species	Stropharia caerulea	Archips crataegana

Conservation Status

Blue Roundhead

NE — Not Evaluated

Brown Oak Tortrix

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Roundhead	Brown Oak Tortrix
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Roundhead

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and United States.

Brown Oak Tortrix

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Blue Roundhead

The Blue Roundhead (Stropharia caerulea) is a species in the genus Stropharia. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Brown Oak Tortrix

The Brown Oak Tortrix (Archips crataegana) is a species in the genus Archips. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway