Bed-jacket vs Wardrobe beetle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Attagenus fasciatus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Wardrobe beetle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Wardrobe beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Sapindaceae	Dermestidae
Genus	Alectryon	Attagenus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Attagenus fasciatus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Wardrobe beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Wardrobe 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.

Wardrobe beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 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.