Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dover Grass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Lolium pratense

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dover Grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Lolium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Lolium pratense

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dover Grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dover Grass
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.

Dover Grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway