Blackboard Tree vs Spotted Meadow Katydid

Alstonia scholaris compared with Conocephalus maculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Spotted Meadow Katydid
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Orthoptera (Orthoptera)
Family	Apocynaceae	Tettigoniidae
Genus	Alstonia	Conocephalus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Conocephalus maculatus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Spotted Meadow Katydid

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Spotted Meadow Katydid
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.

Spotted Meadow Katydid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.