Bed-jacket vs red underwing

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Catocala nupta

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while red underwing is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	red underwing
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Erebidae
Genus	Alectryon	Catocala
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Catocala nupta

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

red underwing

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	red underwing
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 underwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.