Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Fruit Fly

Alkanna maleolens compared with Urophora cardui

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Fruit Fly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Fruit Fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Boraginaceae	Tephritidae
Genus	Alkanna	Urophora
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Urophora cardui

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Fruit Fly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Fruit Fly
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.

Fruit Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

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.