alder moth vs Dwarf Water Clover

Acronicta alni compared with Marsilea minuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alder moth	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom	Animalia (动物界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (节肢动物门)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (昆蟲綱)	Polypodiopsida (水龍骨綱)
Order	Lepidoptera (鱗翅目)	Salviniales (槐叶蘋目)
Family	Noctuidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Acronicta	Marsilea
Species	Acronicta alni	Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

alder moth

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alder moth	Dwarf Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alder moth

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

alder moth

The Alder moth (Acronicta alni) is a species in the genus Acronicta. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.