Bad-smelling Alkanet vs spruce mealybug

Alkanna maleolens compared with Phenacoccus piceae

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	spruce 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	Phenacoccus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Phenacoccus piceae

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

spruce mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	spruce 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.

spruce mealybug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Luxembourg, 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.