Apple sucker vs chainfruit

Cacopsylla mali compared with Alyxia ilicifolia

Key Differences

• Apple sucker is Not Evaluated while chainfruit is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple sucker	chainfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Psyllidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Cacopsylla	Alyxia
Species	Cacopsylla mali	Alyxia ilicifolia

Conservation Status

Apple sucker

NE — Not Evaluated

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple sucker	chainfruit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Apple sucker

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Apple sucker

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

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.