Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Desert Cotton

Anostirus castaneus compared with Gossypium thurberi

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Desert Cotton is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Desert Cotton
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Elateridae	Malvaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Gossypium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Gossypium thurberi

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Desert Cotton

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Desert Cotton
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.

Desert Cotton

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Australia. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.