Brown-veined Wainscot vs Ferny Azolla

Archanara dissoluta compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Brown-veined Wainscot is Vulnerable while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown-veined Wainscot	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Noctuidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Archanara	Azolla
Species	Archanara dissoluta	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Brown-veined Wainscot

VU — Vulnerable

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown-veined Wainscot	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown-veined Wainscot

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Brown-veined Wainscot

The Brown-veined Wainscot (Archanara dissoluta) is a species in the genus Archanara. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.