Broken Hill Gidgee vs Dowdy Plume

Acacia loderi compared with Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Key Differences

• Broken Hill Gidgee is Near Threatened while Dowdy Plume is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broken Hill Gidgee	Dowdy Plume
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Fabaceae	Pterophoridae
Genus	Acacia	Stenoptilia
Species	Acacia loderi	Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Conservation Status

Broken Hill Gidgee

NT — Near Threatened

Dowdy Plume

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broken Hill Gidgee	Dowdy Plume
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broken Hill Gidgee

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Dowdy Plume

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (26 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Ecuador, Paraguay).

Broken Hill Gidgee

The Broken Hill Gidgee (Acacia loderi) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.