Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Pigeon bundleflower

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Desmanthus pernambucanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Pigeon bundleflower
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	Desmanthus
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Desmanthus pernambucanus

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Pigeon bundleflower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Pigeon bundleflower
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).

Pigeon bundleflower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Timor-Leste), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil).

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.