Bed-jacket vs fig wax scale

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ceroplastes japonicus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while fig wax scale is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	fig wax scale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Coccidae
Genus	Alectryon	Ceroplastes
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Ceroplastes japonicus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

fig wax scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	fig wax scale
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.

fig wax scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (8 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.