Baytop's Onion vs thrift root mealybug

Allium baytopiorum compared with Trionymus radicum

Key Differences

• Baytop's Onion is Critically Endangered while thrift root mealybug is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Baytop's Onion	thrift root mealybug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Amaryllidaceae	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Allium	Trionymus
Species	Allium baytopiorum	Trionymus radicum

Conservation Status

Baytop's Onion

CR — Critically Endangered

thrift root mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Baytop's Onion	thrift root mealybug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Baytop's Onion

Habitat

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

thrift root mealybug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Baytop's Onion

The Baytop's Onion (Allium baytopiorum) is a species in the genus Allium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.