Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Pinwheelflower

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Tabernaemontana divaricata

Key Differences

Buffalo Carpet Beetle is Least Concern while Pinwheelflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Pinwheelflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Dermestidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Tabernaemontana
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Tabernaemontana divaricata

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Pinwheelflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Pinwheelflower
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).

Pinwheelflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

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.