alfalfa leaf-cutter bee vs Bed-jacket

Megachile rotundata compared with Alectryon tomentosus

Key Differences

• alfalfa leaf-cutter bee is Not Evaluated while Bed-jacket is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alfalfa leaf-cutter bee	Bed-jacket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Megachilidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Megachile	Alectryon
Species	Megachile rotundata	Alectryon tomentosus

Conservation Status

alfalfa leaf-cutter bee

NE — Not Evaluated

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alfalfa leaf-cutter bee	Bed-jacket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alfalfa leaf-cutter bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Chile).

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

alfalfa leaf-cutter bee

The Alfalfa leaf-cutter bee (Megachile rotundata) is a species in the genus Megachile. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.