Bed-jacket vs Fireworm

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Spodoptera eridania

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Fireworm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Fireworm
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Noctuidae
Genus	Alectryon	Spodoptera
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Spodoptera eridania

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Fireworm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Fireworm
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.

Fireworm

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Dominica).

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.