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Belgium

Europe · Western Europe

Total Species
12026
Threatened
1384
CR + EN + VU
Population
11 589 616
Area
30 528 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 263
Endangered 474
Vulnerable 647
Near Threatened 735
Least Concern 4784
Data Deficient 359
Not Evaluated 4582
Extinct 179

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 5675
Plantae 3894
Fungi 2229
Protozoa 121
Chromista 104
Bacteria 3

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Belgium

Flecked General

Stratiomys singularior

Endangered

lesser bulin

Merdigera obscura

Near Threatened

Silky Rosegill

Volvariella bombycina

Near Threatened

Thyme Pug

Eupithecia distinctaria

Vulnerable

One-grooved Diving Beetle

Bidessus unistriatus

Vulnerable

Plant Bug

Lopus decolor

Least Concern

Large Saltmarsh Conch

Phalonidia affinitana

Vulnerable

Louse

Lipeurus maculosus

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Larinus turbinatus

Not Evaluated

Larch shoot tortricid moth

Spilonota laricana

Not Evaluated

Lined Spittlebug

Neophilaenus lineatus

Least Concern

Long-Stalked Haircap Moss

Polytrichum longisetum

Least Concern

Lilac Dapperling

Cystolepiota bucknallii

Endangered

Ling Owlet

Scythris empetrella

Critically Endangered

Man Orchid

Orchis anthropophora

Near Threatened

little cockle

Parvicardium exiguum

Data Deficient

Shiny riverbank ground beetle

Bembidion lampros

Least Concern

Large Skipper

Ochlodes venata

Least Concern

Mast Disco

Hymenoscyphus fagineus

Not Evaluated

Palm weevil

Sitophilus zeamais

Not Evaluated

Pantropical mini-ponerine ant

Hypoponera punctatissima

Not Evaluated

Longbodied cellar spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Least Concern

Stained Bonnet

Mycena maculata

Least Concern

Large Birch Pigmy

Ectoedemia occultella

Least Concern

Weeping Widow

Lacrymaria lacrymabunda

Least Concern

Glazed Cup

Humaria hemisphaerica

Least Concern

Four-spotted Obscure

Oegoconia quadripuncta

Not Evaluated

Rye sedge

Carex secalina

Not Evaluated

Inlaid Grass-Veneer

Crambus pascuella

Least Concern

Silverfish

Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Not Evaluated

Inverness Groundling

Gnorimoschema streliciella

Endangered

Inverness Piercer

Pammene luedersiana

Near Threatened

Greater Cuckooflower

Cardamine raphanifolia

Not Evaluated

Knapweed Carder-bee

Bombus sylvarum

Least Concern

Fleecy Shield

Pluteus hispidulus

Vulnerable

Knotted Crane's-bill

Geranium nodosum

Not Evaluated

Knotweed Leaf Beetle

Gastrophysa polygoni

Least Concern

Knotweed Neb

Monochroa hornigi

Vulnerable

Kohuhu

Pittosporum tenuifolium

Not Evaluated

Brown twig beetle

Xylosandrus morigerus

Not Evaluated

plaster beetle

Cartodere bifasciata

Least Concern

Mudworm

Aporrectodea limicola

Not Evaluated

Pale thistle case-bearer

Coleophora peribenanderi

Least Concern

Dotted Ermel

Ethmia dodecea

Extinct

Small Pine Shoot

Clavigesta sylvestrana

Not Evaluated

Twin-spot Plume

Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla

Least Concern

Gall wasp

Aylax papaveris

Not Evaluated

lacebark

Hoheria populnea

Not Evaluated

Ladybird beetle

Oenopia conglobata

Least Concern

Lacquered Bracket

Ganoderma lucidum

Least Concern

Plant bug

Phytocoris tiliae

Least Concern

Plant bug

Phytocoris populi

Least Concern

Swan-feather Dwarf

Elachista argentella

Endangered

Jersey knapweed

Centaurea paniculata

Not Evaluated

Knopper Gall

Andricus quercuscalicis

Not Evaluated

Cypress aphid

Cinara cupressi

Not Evaluated

Case-Bearer Moth

Coleophora deauratella

Least Concern

Kent case-bearer

Coleophora galbulipennella

Vulnerable

Slender Spined Bramble

Rubus elegantispinosus

Not Evaluated

Plant bug

Asciodema obsoleta

Near Threatened

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