Coastal Flat-body vs

Agonopterix yeatiana compared with Hypoxylon petriniae

Key Differences

Coastal Flat-body is Near Threatened while is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coastal Flat-body
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Ascomycota (子嚢菌門)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Sordariomycetes (フンタマカビ綱)
Order	Lepidoptera (チョウ目)	Xylariales (マメザヤタケ目)
Family	Depressariidae	Hypoxylaceae
Genus	Agonopterix	Hypoxylon
Species	Agonopterix yeatiana	Hypoxylon petriniae

Conservation Status

Coastal Flat-body

NT — Near Threatened

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coastal Flat-body
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.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Hypoxylon petriniaeは枯れた広葉樹の樹皮上に小さなクッション状の子座を形成する木材生息性子嚢菌類である。適切な枯れ木宿主が利用できる欧州の温帯林や関連地域に生育する。この腐生菌類は枯れた木質組織のセルロースとリグニンを分解する。