Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Largeleaf geigertree

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Cordia sebestena

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Largeleaf geigertree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Dermestidae	Cordiaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Cordia
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Cordia sebestena

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Largeleaf geigertree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Largeleaf geigertree
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).

Largeleaf geigertree

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Seychelles), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.