Bed-jacket vs Geranium aphid

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Acyrthosiphon malvae

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Geranium aphid is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Geranium aphid
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Aphididae
Genus	Alectryon	Acyrthosiphon
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Acyrthosiphon malvae

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Geranium aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Geranium aphid
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.

Geranium aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, 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.