Beautiful Pearl vs Violet Tooth

Agrotera nemoralis compared with Hydnellum ioeides

Key Differences

Beautiful Pearl is Least Concern while Violet Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Pearl	Violet Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Fungi (Pilze)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Basidiomycota (Ständerpilze)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Crambidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Agrotera	Hydnellum
Species	Agrotera nemoralis	Hydnellum ioeides

Conservation Status

Beautiful Pearl

LC — Least Concern

Violet Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Pearl	Violet Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Pearl

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Violet Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

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

Beautiful Pearl

The Beautiful Pearl (Agrotera nemoralis) is a species in the genus Agrotera. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.