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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

Indian Gray Mongoose

Herpestes edwardsi

Least Concern

Beetle

Silvanus recticollis

Not Evaluated

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Tomato pinworm

Keiferia lycopersicella

Not Evaluated

Palmate Octopus

Tremoctopus gracilis

Least Concern

Eastern Orange Tip

Anthocharis damone

Least Concern

Cornish Midget

Phyllonorycter staintoniella

Critically Endangered

glossy trident shell

Azeca goodalli

Extinct

mask snail

Isognomostoma isognomostomos

Least Concern

prickly snail

Acanthinula aculeata

Endangered

Greek banded snail

Helix cincta

Least Concern

beautiful grass snail

Vallonia pulchella

Vulnerable

ribbed grass snail

Vallonia costata

Least Concern

Pride-of-India

Koelreuteria paniculata

Not Evaluated

eccentric grass snail

Vallonia excentrica

Near Threatened

Alpine moss snail

Pupilla alpicola

Least Concern

European helicid land snail

Caucasotachea vindobonensis

Least Concern

clear glass snail

Aegopinella pura

Vulnerable

black gloss

Zonitoides nitidus

Least Concern

wood-hyacinth

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Least Concern

Douglas Fir Seed Wasp

Megastigmus spermotrophus

Not Evaluated

Balkan Fritillary

Boloria graeca

Near Threatened

Beet Webworm

Spoladea recurvalis

Not Evaluated

hightopped chrysalis snail

Columella columella

Least Concern

brown disc snail

Discus ruderatus

Least Concern

Parasitoid wasp

Trichogramma evanescens

Not Evaluated

Bark Snail

Zonitoides arboreus

Not Evaluated

Almond moth

Cadra cautella

Not Evaluated

Scuttle fly

Megaselia scalaris

Not Evaluated

Indian Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Not Evaluated

Cocoa moth

Ephestia elutella

Least Concern

Khapra beetle

Trogoderma granarium

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis

Not Evaluated

Siamese grain beetle

Lophocateres pusillus

Not Evaluated

European Spruce Needleminer Moth

Epinotia nanana

Least Concern

Moth

Grapholita molesta

Not Evaluated

Stored grain hairy fungus beetle

Litargus balteatus

Not Evaluated

Spined Soldier Bug

Podisus maculiventris

Not Evaluated

Western flower thrips

Frankliniella occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Parthenothrips dracaenae

Not Evaluated

Draparnaud's Glass Snail

Oxychilus draparnaudi

Not Evaluated

Box tree moth

Cydalima perspectalis

Not Evaluated

dwarf snail

Punctum pygmaeum

Near Threatened

London midget

Phyllonorycter platani

Not Evaluated

Triangulate Bud Spider

Steatoda triangulosa

Least Concern

Woodland Ringlet

Erebia medusa

Least Concern

Warehouse beetle

Trogoderma variabile

Not Evaluated

Firethorn leaf-miner

Phyllonorycter leucographella

Not Evaluated

Odd beetle

Thylodrias contractus

Not Evaluated

Common Slender

Gracillaria syringella

Least Concern

Chocolate arion

Arion rufus

Vulnerable

Hedgehog arion

Arion intermedius

Least Concern

Darkface arion

Arion distinctus

Least Concern

Skin beetle

Thorictodes heydeni

Not Evaluated

Banded Wood Snail

Cepaea nemoralis

Least Concern

European brown snail

Cornu aspersum

Not Evaluated

Wardrobe beetle

Attagenus fasciatus

Not Evaluated

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci

Not Evaluated

Pantropical mini-ponerine ant

Hypoponera punctatissima

Not Evaluated

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

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