Alder Bent-wing vs Great Flying Fox

Bucculatrix cidarella compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder Bent-wing	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bucculatricidae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Bucculatrix	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Bucculatrix cidarella	Pteropus neohibernicus

Evolutionary Relationship

Alder Bent-wing and Great Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Alder Bent-wing

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder Bent-wing	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alder Bent-wing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Alder Bent-wing

The Alder Bent-wing (Bucculatrix cidarella) is a species in the genus Bucculatrix. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.