Bishop's Mitre vs Mosquito Basil

Aelia acuminata compared with Ocimum campechianum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's Mitre	Mosquito Basil
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pentatomidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Aelia	Ocimum
Species	Aelia acuminata	Ocimum campechianum

Conservation Status

Bishop's Mitre

LC — Least Concern

Mosquito Basil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's Mitre	Mosquito Basil
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's Mitre

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Mosquito Basil

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

Bishop's Mitre

The Bishop's Mitre (Aelia acuminata) is a species in the genus Aelia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.