Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs grande cuscute

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	grande cuscute
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Dermestidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Cuscuta
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

grande cuscute

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	grande cuscute
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).

grande cuscute

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (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.