Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs telinga-potato

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	telinga-potato
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Dermestidae	Araceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Amorphophallus
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

telinga-potato

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	telinga-potato
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).

telinga-potato

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Seychelles, Taiwan, and Tonga.

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.