Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Hairy indigo

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Indigofera hirsuta

Key Differences

Buffalo Carpet Beetle is Least Concern while Hairy indigo is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Hairy indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Dermestidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Indigofera
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Indigofera hirsuta

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Hairy indigo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Hairy indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Hairy indigo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Guinea, Madagascar), Asia (Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Nauru, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay).

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

The Buffalo Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariae) is a species in the genus Anthrenus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.