Big-Leaf Maple vs Fleabane Tortoise Beetle

Acer macrophyllum compared with Cassida murraea

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Fleabane Tortoise Beetle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Fleabane Tortoise Beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Sapindaceae	Chrysomelidae
Genus	Acer	Cassida
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Cassida murraea

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Fleabane Tortoise Beetle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Fleabane Tortoise Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Fleabane Tortoise Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇮🇪 Ireland