Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Chinaroot

Anostirus castaneus compared with Smilax china

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Chinaroot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Chinaroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Elateridae	Smilacaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Smilax
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Smilax china

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Chinaroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Chinaroot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Chinaroot

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Chinaroot

The Chinaroot (Smilax china) is a species in the genus Smilax. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.