chainfruit vs currant aphid

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Cryptomyzus ribis

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while currant aphid is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	currant aphid
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Apocynaceae	Aphididae
Genus	Alyxia	Cryptomyzus
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Cryptomyzus ribis

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

currant aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	currant aphid
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

currant aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.