Blackboard Tree vs Privet weevil

Alstonia scholaris compared with Otiorhynchus crataegi

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Privet weevil is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Privet 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	Otiorhynchus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Otiorhynchus crataegi

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Privet weevil

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Privet 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.

Privet weevil

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Asia (Armenia, Turkey) and Europe (24 countries).

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.