Bed-jacket vs six-spot burnet

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Zygaena filipendulae

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while six-spot burnet is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	six-spot burnet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Zygaenidae
Genus	Alectryon	Zygaena
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Zygaena filipendulae

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

six-spot burnet

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	six-spot burnet
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.

six-spot burnet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.