Broad-Bordered White Underwing vs Ferny Azolla

Anarta melanopa compared with Azolla pinnata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-Bordered White Underwing	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Lepidoptera (ผีเสื้อ)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Noctuidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Anarta	Azolla
Species	Anarta melanopa	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Broad-Bordered White Underwing

LC — Least Concern

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-Bordered White Underwing	Ferny Azolla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-Bordered White Underwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

Broad-Bordered White Underwing

The Broad-Bordered White Underwing (Anarta melanopa) 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.