Bed-jacket vs Pine processionary

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Thaumetopoea pityocampa

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Pine processionary is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Pine processionary
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Notodontidae
Genus	Alectryon	Thaumetopoea
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Thaumetopoea pityocampa

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Pine processionary

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Pine processionary
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.

Pine processionary

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Algeria, Belgium, and Norway.

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.