Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Shortfruit hedgemustard

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Sisymbrium polyceratium

Key Differences

Buffalo Carpet Beetle is Least Concern while Shortfruit hedgemustard is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Shortfruit hedgemustard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Dermestidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Sisymbrium
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Sisymbrium polyceratium

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Shortfruit hedgemustard

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Shortfruit hedgemustard
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).

Shortfruit hedgemustard

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bulgaria, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden, and United States.

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.