alstonia vs Newstead scale

Alstonia boonei compared with Lepidosaphes newsteadi

Key Differences

• alstonia is Least Concern while Newstead scale is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Newstead scale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Apocynaceae	Diaspididae
Genus	Alstonia	Lepidosaphes
Species	Alstonia boonei	Lepidosaphes newsteadi

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Newstead scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Newstead scale
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alstonia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Newstead scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

alstonia

The Alstonia (Alstonia boonei) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo. Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.