vs clouded magpie

Asperococcus ensiformis compared with Abraxas sylvata

Key Differences

is Data Deficient while clouded magpie is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		clouded magpie
Kingdom	Chromista (色藻界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Ochrophyta (淡色藻门)	Arthropoda (节肢动物门)
Class	Phaeophyceae (褐藻纲)	Insecta (昆蟲綱)
Order	Ectocarpales (外节壶目)	Lepidoptera (鱗翅目)
Family	Chordariaceae	Geometridae
Genus	Asperococcus	Abraxas
Species	Asperococcus ensiformis	Abraxas sylvata

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

clouded magpie

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		clouded magpie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, New Zealand, and Norway.

clouded magpie

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

剑形粗囊藻（Asperococcus ensiformis）是一种褐藻，生长于世界各地温带和亚热带海岸的潮间带和潮下带。该藻类以其剑形或带状的叶状体为特征，常附着于岩石和其他基质上生长。

clouded magpie

The clouded magpie (Abraxas sylvata) is a geometrid moth in the family Geometridae found across temperate Europe, extending eastward through Russia to Japan. The adult wingspan measures approximately 32–42 mm, with white wings bearing a distinctive pattern of yellow-orange and dark grey to black spots and patches arranged in rows across the forewing and hindwing, creating a striking patterned appearance resembling the magpie coloring of the related magpie moth Abraxas grossulariata, but with a more yellowish, muted tone and less black — hence 'clouded.' Adults fly in one generation from June to July, resting on leaf surfaces and attending woodland flowers for nectar. The larvae feed on wych elm (Ulmus glabra) and occasionally other Ulmus species in mature deciduous woodland and woodland edges. The clouded magpie has become less common in parts of its European range due to the widespread loss of mature elms from Dutch elm disease, which devastated European elm populations from the 1970s onward. Conservation of this species requires the protection of surviving mature elm trees and management of regrowth elms in woodland ecosystems.