Broad-Bordered White Underwing vs Vegetable fern

Anarta melanopa compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-Bordered White Underwing	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Noctuidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Anarta	Diplazium
Species	Anarta melanopa	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Broad-Bordered White Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-Bordered White Underwing	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.