Bed-jacket vs Louse

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Bovicola ovis

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Louse is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Louse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Psocodea (Psocodea)
Family	Sapindaceae	Trichodectidae
Genus	Alectryon	Bovicola
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Bovicola ovis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Louse

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Louse
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.

Louse

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (16 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.