Acrid lettuce vs Alder leaf beetle

Lactuca virosa compared with Agelastica alni

Key Differences

• Acrid lettuce is Not Evaluated while Alder leaf beetle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Acrid lettuce	Alder leaf beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Chrysomelidae
Genus	Lactuca	Agelastica
Species	Lactuca virosa	Agelastica alni

Conservation Status

Acrid lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Alder leaf beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Acrid lettuce	Alder leaf beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Acrid lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

Alder leaf beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Acrid lettuce

The Acrid lettuce (Lactuca virosa) is a species in the genus Lactuca. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, and Czech Republic.

Alder leaf beetle

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

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States