Blackboard Tree vs Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

Alstonia scholaris compared with Polydrusus formosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Apocynaceae	Curculionidae
Genus	Alstonia	Polydrusus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Polydrusus formosus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
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.

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Turkey), Europe (31 countries), and North America (Canada, 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.