Bed-jacket vs Mite

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ornithonyssus bacoti

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Mite
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Mesostigmata (Mesostigmata)
Family	Sapindaceae	Macronyssidae
Genus	Alectryon	Ornithonyssus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Ornithonyssus bacoti

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Mite

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Mite
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.

Mite

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 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.