Alder Spittlebug vs Jaggery palm

Aphrophora alni compared with Caryota urens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder Spittlebug	Jaggery palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Aphrophoridae	Arecaceae
Genus	Aphrophora	Caryota
Species	Aphrophora alni	Caryota urens

Conservation Status

Alder Spittlebug

LC — Least Concern

Jaggery palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder Spittlebug	Jaggery palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alder Spittlebug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Jaggery palm

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (India, Maldives, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Alder Spittlebug

The Alder Spittlebug (Aphrophora alni) is a species in the genus Aphrophora. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.