Alder leaf beetle vs telinga-potato

Agelastica alni compared with Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder leaf beetle	telinga-potato
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	Amorphophallus
Species	Agelastica alni	Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Conservation Status

Alder leaf beetle

LC — Least Concern

telinga-potato

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder leaf beetle	telinga-potato
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.

telinga-potato

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Seychelles, Taiwan, and Tonga.

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.