Bed-jacket vs Flea

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Nosopsyllus londiniensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Flea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Siphonaptera (Siphonaptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Ceratophyllidae
Genus	Alectryon	Nosopsyllus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Nosopsyllus londiniensis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Flea
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.

Flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across 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.