Broad-Bordered White Underwing vs Tickclover

Anarta melanopa compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Broad-Bordered White Underwing Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Insecta (Insects) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Noctuidae Fabaceae
Genus Anarta Desmodium
Species Anarta melanopa Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Broad-Bordered White Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Broad-Bordered White Underwing Tickclover
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.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Tickclover

No description available.

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