Bed-jacket vs Florida wax scale

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ceroplastes floridensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Florida 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 floridensis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Florida wax scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Florida 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.

Florida wax scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (7 countries), and North America (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.