Broad-barred Knot-horn vs foothill flat sedge

Acrobasis consociella compared with Cyperus amabilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-barred Knot-horn	foothill flat sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pyralidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Acrobasis	Cyperus
Species	Acrobasis consociella	Cyperus amabilis

Conservation Status

Broad-barred Knot-horn

LC — Least Concern

foothill flat sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-barred Knot-horn	foothill flat sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-barred Knot-horn

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

foothill flat sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Guinea, Madagascar), North America (Cuba), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Broad-barred Knot-horn

The Broad-barred Knot-horn (Acrobasis consociella) is a species in the genus Acrobasis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.