Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Crested Oval Sedge

Anostirus castaneus compared with Carex cristatella

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Crested Oval Sedge is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Crested Oval Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Carex
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Carex cristatella

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Crested Oval Sedge

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Crested Oval Sedge
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.

Crested Oval Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.