Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Katung Fa

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Coleoptera (อันดับด้วง)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Dermestidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Alstonia
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Katung Fa
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).

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and 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.