Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dodder Astragalus

Anostirus castaneus compared with Astragalus cuscutae

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Dodder Astragalus is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dodder Astragalus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Astragalus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Astragalus cuscutae

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dodder Astragalus

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dodder Astragalus
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.

Dodder Astragalus

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.