Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Shellplant

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Alpinia zerumbet

Key Differences

Buffalo Carpet Beetle is Least Concern while Shellplant is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Shellplant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Dermestidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Alpinia
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Alpinia zerumbet

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Shellplant

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Shellplant
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).

Shellplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (Cuba, Nicaragua, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, 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.