Ascending Grapefern vs Black Cutworm

Botrychium ascendens compared with Agrotis ipsilon

Key Differences

Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Black Cutworm is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Black Cutworm
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Arthropoda (членистоногие)
Class	Polypodiopsida (папоротниковые)	Insecta (насекомые)
Order	Ophioglossales (ужовниковые)	Lepidoptera (чешуекрылые)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Noctuidae
Genus	Botrychium	Agrotis
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Agrotis ipsilon

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Black Cutworm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Black Cutworm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Black Cutworm

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Chile).

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Black Cutworm

The Black Cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon) is a species in the genus Agrotis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the. Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, United Stat...