Bed-jacket vs Parasitic fly

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Pegomya hyoscyami

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Parasitic fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Anthomyiidae
Genus	Alectryon	Pegomya
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Pegomya hyoscyami

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Parasitic fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Parasitic 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.

Parasitic fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, 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.