Bed-jacket vs Moth fly

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Psychoda alternata

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Moth fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Moth fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Psychodidae
Genus	Alectryon	Psychoda
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Psychoda alternata

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Moth fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Moth fly
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.

Moth fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Costa Rica, Norway, Sweden, and 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.