Brown oak slender vs Smooth Stonewort

Acrocercops brongniardella compared with Nitella flexilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown oak slender	Smooth Stonewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Charophyta (Charophyta)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Charophyceae (Charophyceae)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Charales (Charales)
Family	Gracillariidae	Characeae
Genus	Acrocercops	Nitella
Species	Acrocercops brongniardella	Nitella flexilis

Conservation Status

Brown oak slender

LC — Least Concern

Smooth Stonewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown oak slender	Smooth Stonewort
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).

Smooth Stonewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 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.