Bed-jacket vs Knopper Gall

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Andricus quercuscalicis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Knopper Gall
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cynipidae
Genus	Alectryon	Andricus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Andricus quercuscalicis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Knopper Gall

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Knopper Gall
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.

Knopper Gall

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries).

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.