Blackboard Tree vs Elder aphid

Alstonia scholaris compared with Aphis sambuci

Key Differences

Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Elder aphid is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Elder aphid
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Apocynaceae	Aphididae
Genus	Alstonia	Aphis
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Aphis sambuci

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Elder aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Elder aphid
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.

Elder aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, and 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.