Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Edging Candytuft

Anostirus castaneus compared with Iberis sempervirens

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Edging Candytuft is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Edging Candytuft
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Elateridae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Iberis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Iberis sempervirens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Edging Candytuft

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Edging Candytuft
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.

Edging Candytuft

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), and North America (Canada, 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 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland