Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Lined flat bark beetle

Alkanna maleolens compared with Cryptolestes ferrugineus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Lined flat bark beetle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Lined flat bark beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Boraginaceae	Laemophloeidae
Genus	Alkanna	Cryptolestes
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Cryptolestes ferrugineus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Lined flat bark beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Lined flat bark beetle
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.

Lined flat bark beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (27 countries), and North America (Canada, 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.