Alder leaf beetle vs Fivefingers

Agelastica alni compared with Syngonium angustatum

Key Differences

• Alder leaf beetle is Least Concern while Fivefingers is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder leaf beetle	Fivefingers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Chrysomelidae	Araceae
Genus	Agelastica	Syngonium
Species	Agelastica alni	Syngonium angustatum

Conservation Status

Alder leaf beetle

LC — Least Concern

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder leaf beetle	Fivefingers
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alder leaf beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Fivefingers

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States