Bed-jacket vs Dusky Cockroach

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ectobius lapponicus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Dusky Cockroach is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Dusky Cockroach
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Blattodea (Blattodea)
Family	Sapindaceae	Ectobiidae
Genus	Alectryon	Ectobius
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Ectobius lapponicus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Dusky Cockroach

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Dusky Cockroach
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.

Dusky Cockroach

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 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.