Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Elastic grass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Eragrostis tenuifolia

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Elastic grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Elastic 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	Eragrostis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Eragrostis tenuifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Elastic grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Elastic 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.

Elastic grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan, Timor-Leste), North America (Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).

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.