Alder leaf beetle vs Hard Aspen

Agelastica alni compared with Acronychia laevis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder leaf beetle	Hard Aspen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Chrysomelidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Agelastica	Acronychia
Species	Agelastica alni	Acronychia laevis

Conservation Status

Alder leaf beetle

LC — Least Concern

Hard Aspen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder leaf beetle	Hard Aspen
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.

Hard Aspen

Habitat

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

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.