Andromeda Lacebug vs Oriental House Rat

Stephanitis takeyai compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Andromeda Lacebug is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andromeda Lacebug	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Tingidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Stephanitis	Rattus
Species	Stephanitis takeyai	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Andromeda Lacebug and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Andromeda Lacebug

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andromeda Lacebug	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Andromeda Lacebug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries) and North America (United States).

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).

Andromeda Lacebug

The Andromeda Lacebug (Stephanitis takeyai) is a species in the genus Stephanitis. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.