Alder leaf beetle vs long yam

Agelastica alni compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder leaf beetle	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Chrysomelidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Agelastica	Dioscorea
Species	Agelastica alni	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Alder leaf beetle

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder leaf beetle	long yam
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.

long yam

Habitat

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

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.