Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Thrips

Alkanna maleolens compared with Thrips tabaci

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Thrips
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Boraginaceae	Thripidae
Genus	Alkanna	Thrips
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Thrips tabaci

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Thrips

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Thrips
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.

Thrips

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (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.