Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Creeping Spikemoss

Anostirus castaneus compared with Selaginella apoda

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Creeping Spikemoss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Lycopodiopsida (Lycopodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Selaginellales (Selaginellales)
Family	Elateridae	Selaginellaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Selaginella
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Selaginella apoda

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Creeping Spikemoss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Creeping Spikemoss
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.

Creeping Spikemoss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Chile, Germany, and United States.

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.