Blue Globe Thistle vs cotton aphid

Echinops bannaticus compared with Aphis gossypii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Globe Thistle	cotton aphid
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Tenrecidae	Aphididae
Genus	Echinops	Aphis
Species	Echinops bannaticus	Aphis gossypii

Evolutionary Relationship

Blue Globe Thistle and cotton aphid share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Blue Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

cotton aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Globe Thistle	cotton aphid
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).

cotton aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (29 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia).

Blue Globe Thistle

The Blue Globe Thistle (Echinops bannaticus) is a species in the genus Echinops. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 11 countries:

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