Bad-smelling Alkanet vs heather mealybug

Alkanna maleolens compared with Peliococcus calluneti

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while heather mealybug is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	heather mealybug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Boraginaceae	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Alkanna	Peliococcus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Peliococcus calluneti

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

heather mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	heather mealybug
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.

heather mealybug

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.