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Italy

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
1910
Threatened
72
CR + EN + VU
Population
60 461 828
Area
301 336 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 25
Vulnerable 32
Near Threatened 63
Least Concern 495
Data Deficient 24
Not Evaluated 1192
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

Northern Brown Argus

Aricia artaxerxes

Least Concern

Jenkins' spire shell

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Not Evaluated

Black-Lined Periwinkle

Littorina saxatilis

Least Concern

Bisamratte

Ondatra zibethicus

Not Evaluated

Eastern Bath White

Pontia edusa

Endangered

Wandering Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

Not Evaluated

Alaskan king crab

Paralithodes camtschaticus

Not Evaluated

Scarce Fritillary

Euphydryas maturna

Endangered

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

woolly apple aphid

Eriosoma lanigerum

Not Evaluated

Pallas's squirrel, Red-bellied tree squirrel

Callosciurus erythraeus

Not Evaluated

pharaoh ant

Monomorium pharaonis

Not Evaluated

American Hard-Shelled Clam

Mercenaria mercenaria

Not Evaluated

Iberian slug

Arion vulgaris

Least Concern

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Not Evaluated

Barn Funnel Weaver

Tegenaria domestica

Least Concern

Australian tubeworm

Ficopomatus enigmaticus

Not Evaluated

Ponto-Caspian freshwater hydroid

Cordylophora caspia

Not Evaluated

Red Swamp Crayfish

Procambarus clarkii

Not Evaluated

Thor'S Fritillary

Boloria thore

Least Concern

Caruana's slug

Deroceras invadens

Not Evaluated

Webbing clothes moth

Tineola bisselliella

Least Concern

Reverdin'S Blue

Plebejus argyrognomon

Critically Endangered

Harris mud crab

Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Not Evaluated

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Near Threatened

Colorado Beetle

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Not Evaluated

Bean weevil

Acanthoscelides obtectus

Not Evaluated

Longbodied cellar spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Least Concern

White-marked spider beetle

Ptinus fur

Least Concern

lesser grain borer

Rhyzopertha dominica

Not Evaluated

Carthusian snail

Monacha cartusiana

Endangered

Firebrat

Thermobia domestica

Not Evaluated

Angled Hydromedusa

Gonionemus vertens

Not Evaluated

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Black Vine Weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Least Concern

Silver-Green Leaf Weevil

Phyllobius argentatus

Least Concern

White Plume Moth

Pterophorus pentadactyla

Least Concern

Asian rapa whelk

Rapana venosa

Not Evaluated

worm slug

Boettgerilla pallens

Least Concern

potato aphid

Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Not Evaluated

cotton aphid

Aphis gossypii

Not Evaluated

shallot aphid

Myzus ascalonicus

Not Evaluated

American Slipper Limpet

Crepidula fornicata

Not Evaluated

Potato tuber moth

Phthorimaea operculella

Not Evaluated

Angoumois grain moth

Sitotroga cerealella

Not Evaluated

Threeband gardenslug

Ambigolimax valentianus

Not Evaluated

Confused flour beetle

Tribolium confusum

Least Concern

Roman snail

Helix pomatia

Near Threatened

Green-House Camel-Cricket

Tachycines asynamorus

Not Evaluated

Azalea leafminer

Caloptilia azaleella

Not Evaluated

Horse chestnut leaf miner

Cameraria ohridella

Not Evaluated

Cobweb Spiders

Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Least Concern

Green-Striped Anemone

Diadumene lineata

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean flour moth

Ephestia kuehniella

Least Concern

Tree Snail

Balea perversa

Critically Endangered

Titania'S Fritillary

Boloria titania

Not Evaluated

Tapestry moth

Trichophaga tapetzella

Extinct

cadelle beetle

Tenebroides mauritanicus

Not Evaluated

Finlayson's squirrel

Callosciurus finlaysonii

Least Concern

Cigarette beetle

Lasioderma serricorne

Not Evaluated

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