chainfruit vs Large Red-belted Clearwing

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Synanthedon culiciformis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Large Red-belted Clearwing
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Apocynaceae	Sesiidae
Genus	Alyxia	Synanthedon
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Synanthedon culiciformis

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Large Red-belted Clearwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Large Red-belted Clearwing
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Large Red-belted Clearwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.