Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Hartig's pine scale

Alkanna maleolens compared with Leucaspis lowi

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Hartig's pine scale is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Hartig's pine scale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Boraginaceae	Diaspididae
Genus	Alkanna	Leucaspis
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Leucaspis lowi

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Hartig's pine scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Hartig's pine 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.

Hartig's pine scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, 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.