Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs cush-cush

Anostirus castaneus compared with Dioscorea trifida

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	cush-cush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Elateridae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Dioscorea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Dioscorea trifida

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

cush-cush

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	cush-cush
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.

cush-cush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.