Alder leaf beetle vs Sickle Medick

Agelastica alni compared with Medicago falcata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alder leaf beetle	Sickle Medick
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Coleoptera (อันดับด้วง)	Fabales (อันดับถั่ว)
Family	Chrysomelidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Agelastica	Medicago
Species	Agelastica alni	Medicago falcata

Conservation Status

Alder leaf beetle

LC — Least Concern

Sickle Medick

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alder leaf beetle	Sickle Medick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alder leaf beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Sickle Medick

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco, South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (10 countries), and South America (Brazil).

Alder leaf beetle

The Alder leaf beetle (Agelastica alni) is a species in the genus Agelastica. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.