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Italy

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
1910
Threatened
74
CR + EN + VU
Population
60 461 828
Area
301 336 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 16
Endangered 25
Vulnerable 33
Near Threatened 63
Least Concern 502
Data Deficient 24
Not Evaluated 1222
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

cane cactus

Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica

Near Threatened

Fortune's Yew Plum

Cephalotaxus fortunei

Least Concern

Blistering Ammania

Ammannia baccifera

Least Concern

Sweet Thorn

Vachellia karroo

Least Concern

Tidalmarsh flatsedge

Cyperus serotinus

Extinct

Caracus wigandia

Wigandia urens

Not Evaluated

Crescent Plume

Marasmarcha lunaedactyla

Near Threatened

Brown Leaf Weevil

Phyllobius oblongus

Least Concern

Weevil

Otiorhynchus ligustici

Least Concern

Strawberry root weevil

Otiorhynchus ovatus

Least Concern

Flat-topped Yate

Eucalyptus occidentalis

Endangered

Clay-Coloured Weevil

Otiorhynchus singularis

Least Concern

Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

Least Concern

Asian waterwort

Elatine ambigua

Least Concern

Weevil

Brachyderes incanus

Least Concern

Healing-leaf-tree

Solanum giganteum

Least Concern

Chinese gall

Rhus chinensis

Least Concern

Gracemere-pear

Opuntia streptacantha

Least Concern

Silverfish

Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Not Evaluated

Columbia River Signal Crayfish

Pacifastacus leniusculus

Not Evaluated

bristly snail

Trochulus hispidus

Least Concern

Klein's cholla

Cylindropuntia kleiniae

Least Concern

Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

Opuntia chlorotica

Least Concern

Hampe’s tamarisk

Tamarix hampeana

Least Concern

visco

Parasenegalia visco

Least Concern

marsh whorl snail

Vertigo antivertigo

Critically Endangered

striated whorl snail

Vertigo substriata

Data Deficient

Desmoulin's Whorl Snail

Vertigo moulinsiana

Near Threatened

common whorl snail

Vertigo pygmaea

Near Threatened

wall whorl snail

Vertigo pusilla

Data Deficient

Balkan Water Frog

Pelophylax kurtmuelleri

Not Evaluated

Brown powderpost beetle

Lyctus brunneus

Not Evaluated

Australian spider beetle

Ptinus tectus

Least Concern

Spider beetle

Gibbium psylloides

Not Evaluated

brown-banded cockroach

Supella longipalpa

Not Evaluated

winged prickly-ash

Zanthoxylum armatum

Least Concern

Orangeberry nightshade

Solanum lanceolatum

Least Concern

Watkins fig

Ficus watkinsiana

Least Concern

chrysalis snail

Lauria cylindracea

Near Threatened

brush snail

Fruticicola fruticum

Extinct

rose leafhopper

Edwardsiana rosae

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Macropsis fuscula

Least Concern

Rhododendron leafhopper

Graphocephala fennahi

Not Evaluated

European elm leafhopper

Ribautiana ulmi

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Cicadella viridis

Least Concern

Pea weevil

Bruchus pisorum

Not Evaluated

Broadbean weevil

Bruchus rufimanus

Not Evaluated

African amaranth

Amaranthus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Cigarette beetle

Lasioderma serricorne

Not Evaluated

cadelle beetle

Tenebroides mauritanicus

Not Evaluated

Sisal hemp

Agave sisalana

Not Evaluated

Tapestry moth

Trichophaga tapetzella

Extinct

Mediterranean flour moth

Ephestia kuehniella

Least Concern

Cobweb Spiders

Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Least Concern

Azalea leafminer

Caloptilia azaleella

Not Evaluated

Confused flour beetle

Tribolium confusum

Least Concern

Japanese jasmine

Jasminum mesnyi

Not Evaluated

Angoumois grain moth

Sitotroga cerealella

Not Evaluated

Potato tuber moth

Phthorimaea operculella

Not Evaluated

shallot aphid

Myzus ascalonicus

Not Evaluated

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