Brown oak slender vs large-seed dodder

Acrocercops brongniardella compared with Cuscuta indecora

Key Differences

• Brown oak slender is Least Concern while large-seed dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown oak slender	large-seed 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 indecora

Conservation Status

Brown oak slender

LC — Least Concern

large-seed dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown oak slender	large-seed 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).

large-seed dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia.

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.