Bed-jacket vs Malachite Beetle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Malachius bipustulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Malachite Beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Sapindaceae	Melyridae
Genus	Alectryon	Malachius
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Malachius bipustulatus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Malachite Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Malachite Beetle
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.

Malachite Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

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.