Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs hooked-pepperwort

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Buffalo Carpet Beetle is Least Concern while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (อันดับด้วง)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dermestidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Marsilea
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	hooked-pepperwort
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).

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.