Broad-Bordered White Underwing vs Lemon grass

Anarta melanopa compared with Cymbopogon citratus

Key Differences

• Broad-Bordered White Underwing is Least Concern while Lemon grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-Bordered White Underwing	Lemon grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Noctuidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anarta	Cymbopogon
Species	Anarta melanopa	Cymbopogon citratus

Conservation Status

Broad-Bordered White Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Lemon grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-Bordered White Underwing	Lemon grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-Bordered White Underwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Lemon grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea), and South America (10 countries).

Broad-Bordered White Underwing

The Broad-Bordered White Underwing (Anarta melanopa) is a species in the genus Anarta. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.