Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Cronquists's Cornflower

Anostirus castaneus compared with Psephellus cronquistii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Cronquists's Cornflower is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cronquists's Cornflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Elateridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Psephellus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Psephellus cronquistii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Cronquists's Cornflower

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cronquists's Cornflower
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.

Cronquists's Cornflower

Habitat

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

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.