Bed-jacket vs Dock aphid

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Brachycaudus rumexicolens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Dock 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	Brachycaudus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Brachycaudus rumexicolens

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Dock aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Dock 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.

Dock aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (19 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.