Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dwarf Palmetto

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sabal minor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dwarf Palmetto
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Elateridae	Arecaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Sabal
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Sabal minor

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Palmetto

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dwarf Palmetto
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 Palmetto

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, India, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

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.