Bed-jacket vs Darkling beetle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Tribolium destructor

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Darkling beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Darkling 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.

Darkling beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (21 countries), and North America (Canada, 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.