Bed-jacket vs lesser marsh grasshopper

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Chorthippus albomarginatus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while lesser marsh grasshopper is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	lesser marsh grasshopper
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Orthoptera (Orthoptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Acrididae
Genus	Alectryon	Chorthippus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Chorthippus albomarginatus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

lesser marsh grasshopper

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	lesser marsh grasshopper
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.

lesser marsh grasshopper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.