Straw-coloured Tubic vs Yellow-headed Tubic

Agnoea subochreella compared with Agnoea flavifrontella

Key Differences

• Straw-coloured Tubic is Near Threatened while Yellow-headed Tubic is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Straw-coloured Tubic	Yellow-headed Tubic
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class same	Insecta (Insekten)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order same	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)
Family same	Lypusidae	Lypusidae
Genus same	Agnoea	Agnoea
Species	Agnoea subochreella	Agnoea flavifrontella

Evolutionary Relationship

Straw-coloured Tubic and Yellow-headed Tubic share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Agnoea.

Conservation Status

Straw-coloured Tubic

NT — Near Threatened

Yellow-headed Tubic

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Straw-coloured Tubic	Yellow-headed Tubic
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Straw-coloured Tubic

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Yellow-headed Tubic

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden