Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs dense flat sedge

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cyperus congestus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while dense flat sedge is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	dense flat 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	Cyperus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cyperus congestus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

dense flat sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	dense flat 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.

dense flat sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Turkey), Europe (6 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden