Braunes Mönchskraut vs Ulmen-Fleckenspanner

Nonea pulla compared with Abraxas sylvata

Key Differences

Braunes Mönchskraut is Not Evaluated while Ulmen-Fleckenspanner is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Braunes Mönchskraut	Ulmen-Fleckenspanner
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)
Family	Boraginaceae	Geometridae
Genus	Nonea	Abraxas
Species	Nonea pulla	Abraxas sylvata

Conservation Status

Braunes Mönchskraut

NE — Not Evaluated

Ulmen-Fleckenspanner

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Braunes Mönchskraut	Ulmen-Fleckenspanner
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Braunes Mönchskraut

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Kyrgyzstan) and Europe (10 countries).

Ulmen-Fleckenspanner

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.

Braunes Mönchskraut

The Brown Nonea (Nonea pulla) is a species in the genus Nonea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Asia (Kyrgyzstan) and Europe (10 countries).

Ulmen-Fleckenspanner

The clouded magpie (Abraxas sylvata) is a geometrid moth in the family Geometridae found across temperate Europe, extending eastward through Russia to Japan. The adult wingspan measures approximately 32–42 mm, with white wings bearing a distinctive pattern of yellow-orange and dark grey to black spots and patches arranged in rows across the forewing and hindwing, creating a striking patterned appearance resembling the magpie coloring of the related magpie moth Abraxas grossulariata, but with a more yellowish, muted tone and less black — hence 'clouded.' Adults fly in one generation from June to July, resting on leaf surfaces and attending woodland flowers for nectar. The larvae feed on wych elm (Ulmus glabra) and occasionally other Ulmus species in mature deciduous woodland and woodland edges. The clouded magpie has become less common in parts of its European range due to the widespread loss of mature elms from Dutch elm disease, which devastated European elm populations from the 1970s onward. Conservation of this species requires the protection of surviving mature elm trees and management of regrowth elms in woodland ecosystems.