Blistering Ammania vs Lined flat bark beetle

Ammannia baccifera compared with Cryptolestes ferrugineus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	Lined flat bark beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Lythraceae	Laemophloeidae
Genus	Ammannia	Cryptolestes
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Cryptolestes ferrugineus

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Lined flat bark beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	Lined flat bark beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

Lined flat bark beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (27 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇹 Italy 🇯🇵 Japan 🇹🇼 Taiwan