Bed-jacket vs Thrip

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Hercinothrips bicinctus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Thrip is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Thrip
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Thripidae
Genus	Alectryon	Hercinothrips
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Hercinothrips bicinctus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Thrip

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Thrip
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.

Thrip

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (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.