Banded feather-winged beetle vs Reed mannagrass

Acrotrichis fascicularis compared with Glyceria maxima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded feather-winged beetle	Reed mannagrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Ptiliidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Acrotrichis	Glyceria
Species	Acrotrichis fascicularis	Glyceria maxima

Conservation Status

Banded feather-winged beetle

LC — Least Concern

Reed mannagrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded feather-winged beetle	Reed mannagrass
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).

Reed mannagrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (China), Europe (5 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.