Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Clasping heliotrope

Anostirus castaneus compared with Heliotropium amplexicaule

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Clasping heliotrope is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Clasping heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Elateridae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Heliotropium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Heliotropium amplexicaule

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Clasping heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Clasping heliotrope
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.

Clasping heliotrope

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.

Clasping heliotrope

The Clasping heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule) is a species in the genus Heliotropium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.