Apple leaf midge vs Oriental House Rat

Dasineura mali compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Apple leaf midge is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple leaf midge	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cecidomyiidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Dasineura	Rattus
Species	Dasineura mali	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Apple leaf midge and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Apple leaf midge

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple leaf midge	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Apple leaf midge

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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).

Apple leaf midge

The Apple leaf midge (Dasineura mali) is a species in the genus Dasineura. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.