Bishop's Mitre vs Tickclover

Aelia acuminata compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bishop's Mitre Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Insecta (Insects) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Hemiptera (Hemiptera) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Pentatomidae Fabaceae
Genus Aelia Desmodium
Species Aelia acuminata Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Bishop's Mitre

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bishop's Mitre Tickclover
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.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, 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.

Tickclover

No description available.

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