Blackboard Tree vs Cabbage whitefly

Alstonia scholaris compared with Aleyrodes proletella

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Cabbage whitefly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Cabbage whitefly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Apocynaceae	Aleyrodidae
Genus	Alstonia	Aleyrodes
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Aleyrodes proletella

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Cabbage whitefly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Cabbage whitefly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Cabbage whitefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Cabbage whitefly

The Cabbage whitefly (Aleyrodes proletella) is a species in the genus Aleyrodes. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇸 United States