Alder leaf beetle vs Vegetable fern

Agelastica alni compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder leaf beetle	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Chrysomelidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Agelastica	Diplazium
Species	Agelastica alni	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Alder leaf beetle

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder leaf beetle	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.