Coastal Flat-body vs Common Ringed Plover

Agonopterix yeatiana compared with Charadrius hiaticula

Key Differences

• Coastal Flat-body is Near Threatened while Common Ringed Plover is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coastal Flat-body	Common Ringed Plover
Kingdom same	Animalia (동물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Arthropoda (절지동물)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Insecta (곤충)	Aves (새)
Order	Lepidoptera (나비목)	Charadriiformes (도요목)
Family	Depressariidae	Charadriidae
Genus	Agonopterix	Charadrius
Species	Agonopterix yeatiana	Charadrius hiaticula

Evolutionary Relationship

Coastal Flat-body and Common Ringed Plover share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (동물)

Conservation Status

Coastal Flat-body

NT — Near Threatened

Common Ringed Plover

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coastal Flat-body	Common Ringed Plover
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.

Common Ringed Plover

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

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Common Ringed Plover

흰띠물떼새(Charadrius hiaticula)는 IUCN 적색목록에서 위급(CR)으로 분류된다. 극심한 개체수 감소와 서식지 손실로 인해 야생에서 멸종할 위험이 매우 높다.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden