Bed-jacket vs Dotted Firefly

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Lucidota punctata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Dotted Firefly
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family Sapindaceae Lampyridae
Genus Alectryon Lucidota
Species Alectryon tomentosus Lucidota punctata

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Dotted Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Dotted Firefly
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.

Dotted Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and 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.

Dotted Firefly

No description available.

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