Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Crosswort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Lysimachia quadrifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Crosswort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Elateridae	Primulaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Lysimachia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Lysimachia quadrifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Crosswort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Crosswort
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.

Crosswort

Habitat

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

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.