Alder leaf beetle vs Mountain yam

Agelastica alni compared with Dioscorea hamiltonii

Key Differences

• Alder leaf beetle is Least Concern while Mountain yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder leaf beetle	Mountain 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 hamiltonii

Conservation Status

Alder leaf beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mountain yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder leaf beetle	Mountain 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.

Mountain 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.