Bed-jacket vs Gall midge

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Contarinia pyrivora

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Gall midge is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Gall midge
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cecidomyiidae
Genus	Alectryon	Contarinia
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Contarinia pyrivora

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Gall midge

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Gall midge
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.

Gall midge

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across 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.