Beautiful Yellow Underwing vs Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Anarta myrtilli compared with Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Arthropoda (절지동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Insecta (곤충)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Lepidoptera (나비목)	Myrtales (도금양목)
Family	Noctuidae	Onagraceae
Genus	Anarta	Ludwigia
Species	Anarta myrtilli	Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Conservation Status

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Yellow Underwing	Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Beautiful Yellow Underwing

The Beautiful Yellow Underwing (Anarta myrtilli) is a species in the genus Anarta. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.