Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs prickly paperbark

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Melaleuca styphelioides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	prickly paperbark
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Dermestidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Melaleuca
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Melaleuca styphelioides

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

prickly paperbark

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	prickly paperbark
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).

prickly paperbark

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, India, and South Africa.

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.