Bed-jacket vs Flax Flea Beetle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Longitarsus parvulus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Flax Flea Beetle is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Flax Flea Beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Sapindaceae	Chrysomelidae
Genus	Alectryon	Longitarsus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Longitarsus parvulus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Flax Flea Beetle

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Flax Flea Beetle
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.

Flax Flea Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

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.