Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Ebony

Anostirus castaneus compared with Diospyros ebenum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Ebony is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ebony
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Elateridae	Ebenaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Diospyros
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Diospyros ebenum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Ebony

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ebony
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.

Ebony

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.