Brown oak slender vs Giant dodder

Acrocercops brongniardella compared with Cuscuta reflexa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown oak slender	Giant dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Gracillariidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Acrocercops	Cuscuta
Species	Acrocercops brongniardella	Cuscuta reflexa

Conservation Status

Brown oak slender

LC — Least Concern

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown oak slender	Giant dodder
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).

Giant dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.

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.