Bed-jacket vs Cypress aphid

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Cinara cupressi

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Cypress aphid is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Cypress aphid
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Aphididae
Genus	Alectryon	Cinara
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Cinara cupressi

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Cypress aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Cypress aphid
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.

Cypress aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (China, India, Israel), Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), and South America (4 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.