Banded feather-winged beetle vs marsh thistle

Acrotrichis fascicularis compared with Cirsium palustre

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded feather-winged beetle	marsh thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópode)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (inseto)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (besouro)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Ptiliidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Acrotrichis	Cirsium
Species	Acrotrichis fascicularis	Cirsium palustre

Conservation Status

Banded feather-winged beetle

LC — Least Concern

marsh thistle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded feather-winged beetle	marsh thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded feather-winged beetle

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

marsh thistle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

Banded feather-winged beetle

The Banded feather-winged beetle (Acrotrichis fascicularis) is a species in the genus Acrotrichis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.