Coastal Flat-body vs Pato cabeza roja

Agonopterix yeatiana compared with Aythya americana

Key Differences

• Coastal Flat-body is Near Threatened while Pato cabeza roja is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coastal Flat-body	Pato cabeza roja
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópodos)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Insecta (insecto)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)
Family	Depressariidae	Anatidae
Genus	Agonopterix	Aythya
Species	Agonopterix yeatiana	Aythya americana

Evolutionary Relationship

Coastal Flat-body and Pato cabeza roja share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Coastal Flat-body

NT — Near Threatened

Pato cabeza roja

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coastal Flat-body	Pato cabeza roja
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Coastal Flat-body

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.

Pato cabeza roja

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States).

Coastal Flat-body

Agonopterix yeatiana, the coastal flat-body, is a small moth in the family Depressariidae native to coastal and calcareous grassland habitats across western and northern Europe, with records from Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. Moths in the family Depressariidae, commonly called flat-body moths due to the depressed posture they adopt when resting with wings held flat against the surface, are associated predominantly with umbellifer plants of the family Apiaceae as larval hosts. Agonopterix yeatiana larvae feed on wild carrot (Daucus carota), wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), and related coastal and grassland Apiaceae species, inhabiting the open, often calcareous or sandy habitats where these plants grow. Adult moths have greyish-brown forewing with a distinctive pattern of spots and dashes and reach approximately 8–12 millimeters in wingspan. The species is classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN, reflecting declines associated with the loss of traditional hay meadow management, coastal grassland degradation, and scrub encroachment that eliminates the open, flower-rich grassland habitats supporting its host plants. Agricultural intensification has reduced wild umbellifer populations significantly across lowland Europe, reducing food resources for larvae of specialist moths like A. yeatiana.

Pato cabeza roja

El porrón americano (Aythya americana) esta clasificado como No Evaluado (NE) en la Lista Roja de la UICN. Todavia no ha sido evaluado segun los criterios de la Lista Roja de la UICN. Su estado de conservacion esta pendiente de determinacion.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden