Alder leaf beetle vs Water spangles

Agelastica alni compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

Alder leaf beetle is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder leaf beetle	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Chrysomelidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Agelastica	Salvinia
Species	Agelastica alni	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Alder leaf beetle

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder leaf beetle	Water spangles
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.

Water spangles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.