Bed-jacket vs Cutworm

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Spodoptera litura

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Cutworm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Cutworm
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Noctuidae
Genus	Alectryon	Spodoptera
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Spodoptera litura

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Cutworm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Cutworm
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.

Cutworm

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (8 countries), and North America (United States).

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.