Bed-jacket vs Red flour beetle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Tribolium castaneum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Red flour beetle
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family Sapindaceae Tenebrionidae
Genus Alectryon Tribolium
Species Alectryon tomentosus Tribolium castaneum

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Red flour beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Red flour 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.

Red flour beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

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.

Red flour beetle

No description available.

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