Bed-jacket vs carpet beetle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Attagenus trifasciatus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while carpet beetle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	carpet beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Sapindaceae	Dermestidae
Genus	Alectryon	Attagenus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Attagenus trifasciatus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

carpet beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	carpet beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

carpet beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

carpet beetle

The Carpet Beetle (Attagenus trifasciatus) is a species in the genus Attagenus. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.