Bad-smelling Alkanet vs northern mealybug

Alkanna maleolens compared with Trionymus thulensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	northern 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	Trionymus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Trionymus thulensis

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

northern mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	northern 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.

northern 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.