Black Maple vs Oak Bent-wing

Acer nigrum compared with Bucculatrix ulmella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Maple	Oak Bent-wing
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Bucculatricidae
Genus	Acer	Bucculatrix
Species	Acer nigrum	Bucculatrix ulmella

Conservation Status

Black Maple

LC — Least Concern

Oak Bent-wing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Maple	Oak Bent-wing
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Oak Bent-wing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Black Maple

The Black Maple (Acer nigrum) 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.