Bad-smelling Alkanet vs currant soft scale

Alkanna maleolens compared with Eulecanium douglasi

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while currant soft scale is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	currant soft scale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Boraginaceae	Coccidae
Genus	Alkanna	Eulecanium
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Eulecanium douglasi

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

currant soft scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	currant soft scale
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

currant soft scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.