Cardinal Click Beetle vs Dixie rosemallow

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Hibiscus mutabilis

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while Dixie rosemallow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	Dixie rosemallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Elateridae	Malvaceae
Genus	Ampedus	Hibiscus
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Hibiscus mutabilis

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

Dixie rosemallow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	Dixie rosemallow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cardinal Click Beetle

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Dixie rosemallow

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 Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

Cardinal Click Beetle

The Cardinal Click Beetle (Ampedus cardinalis) is a species in the genus Ampedus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.