Brown oak slender vs elongated sedge

Acrocercops brongniardella compared with Carex elongata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown oak slender	elongated sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Gracillariidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Acrocercops	Carex
Species	Acrocercops brongniardella	Carex elongata

Conservation Status

Brown oak slender

LC — Least Concern

elongated sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown oak slender	elongated sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown oak slender

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries).

elongated sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

Brown oak slender

The Brown Oak Slender (Acrocercops brongniardella) is a species in the genus Acrocercops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.