Black Maple vs Silky feather-winged beetle

Acer nigrum compared with Acrotrichis sericans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Maple	Silky feather-winged beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Sapindaceae	Ptiliidae
Genus	Acer	Acrotrichis
Species	Acer nigrum	Acrotrichis sericans

Conservation Status

Black Maple

LC — Least Concern

Silky feather-winged beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Maple	Silky feather-winged beetle
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.

Silky feather-winged beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Kyrgyzstan), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Chile).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇺🇸 United States