Banded feather-winged beetle vs Floating Fern

Acrotrichis fascicularis compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

Banded feather-winged beetle is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded feather-winged beetle	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Ptiliidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Acrotrichis	Salvinia
Species	Acrotrichis fascicularis	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Banded feather-winged beetle

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded feather-winged beetle	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded feather-winged beetle

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Banded feather-winged beetle

The Banded feather-winged beetle (Acrotrichis fascicularis) is a species in the genus Acrotrichis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.