Bed-jacket vs Yellow-Striped Armyworm

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Spodoptera ornithogalli

Key Differences

  • Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Yellow-Striped Armyworm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Yellow-Striped Armyworm
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family Sapindaceae Noctuidae
Genus Alectryon Spodoptera
Species Alectryon tomentosus Spodoptera ornithogalli

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Yellow-Striped Armyworm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Yellow-Striped Armyworm
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.

Yellow-Striped Armyworm

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and 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.

Yellow-Striped Armyworm

No description available.

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