Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dwarf lilyturf

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ophiopogon japonicus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Dwarf lilyturf is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dwarf lilyturf
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Asparagaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Ophiopogon
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ophiopogon japonicus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf lilyturf

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dwarf lilyturf
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.

Dwarf lilyturf

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Taiwan), Europe (Croatia, Italy), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.