black-calabash vs Cat flea

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Ctenocephalides felis

Key Differences

• black-calabash is Least Concern while Cat flea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-calabash	Cat flea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Siphonaptera (Siphonaptera)
Family	Bignoniaceae	Pulicidae
Genus	Amphitecna	Ctenocephalides
Species	Amphitecna latifolia	Ctenocephalides felis

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Cat flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-calabash	Cat flea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-calabash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Cat flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Cat flea

The Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) is a species in the genus Ctenocephalides. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.