Black-throated Mango vs Clover midget

Anthracothorax nigricollis compared with Phyllonorycter insignitella

Key Differences

• Black-throated Mango is Least Concern while Clover midget is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-throated Mango	Clover midget
Kingdom same	Animalia (동물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Arthropoda (절지동물)
Class	Aves (새)	Insecta (곤충)
Order	Apodiformes (칼새목)	Lepidoptera (나비목)
Family	Trochilidae	Gracillariidae
Genus	Anthracothorax	Phyllonorycter
Species	Anthracothorax nigricollis	Phyllonorycter insignitella

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-throated Mango and Clover midget share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (동물)

Conservation Status

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Clover midget

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-throated Mango	Clover midget
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-throated Mango

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Clover midget

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and boreal forests and taiga, among 8 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Black-throated Mango

검은목망고벌새(Anthracothorax nigricollis)는 멕시코 남부에서 아르헨티나까지 열대림에 서식하는 크고 화려한 벌새입니다. 뚜렷한 성적 이형성을 보이며, 수컷은 반짝이는 검은 목과 가슴에 보라·녹색 옆구리와 선명한 보라색 꼬리를 자랑하고, 암컷은 가슴 중앙에 검은 줄무늬가 있는 흰 아랫면을 지닙니다. 개화하는 나무를 공격적으로 방어하며 열대 전역에서 최소관심종으로 분류됩니다.

Clover midget

The clover midget (Phyllonorycter insignitella) is a micro-moth in the family Gracillariidae, order Lepidoptera, known for its leaf-mining larval biology in which larvae feed within the tissue of leaves, creating distinctive blotch mines on their host plants. P. insignitella specializes on leguminous host plants including clovers (Trifolium species) and medicks (Medicago species), with larvae creating lower-surface blotch mines on leaflets. The mines are typically oval or irregular in shape, with the lower epidermis folded or puckered by larval feeding. Adults are small, narrow-winged moths typically one to two centimeters in wingspan, with the golden and white streaked forewing pattern characteristic of many gracillariids. The species is distributed in Europe, with confirmed records from Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and Sweden. It inhabits meadows, grasslands, clover fields, and other habitats where its leguminous host plants grow. P. insignitella is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, a status reflecting severe population decline across much of its former European range. The primary threats are agricultural intensification — including the loss of semi-natural grasslands, increased herbicide use eliminating host plant diversity, and the conversion of diverse legume-rich meadows to monoculture grasslands — which together have reduced both host plant availability and microhabitat connectivity required by this specialist species. Targeted grassland conservation efforts are essential for preventing extinction.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway