Banded feather-winged beetle vs Turkish pine

Acrotrichis fascicularis compared with Pinus brutia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded feather-winged beetle	Turkish pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Ptiliidae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Acrotrichis	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Acrotrichis fascicularis	Pinus brutia

Conservation Status

Banded feather-winged beetle

LC — Least Concern

Turkish pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded feather-winged beetle	Turkish pine
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).

Turkish pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Israel, Portugal, and United States.

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.