Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Elbowbush

Anostirus castaneus compared with Forestiera angustifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Elbowbush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Oleaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Forestiera
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Forestiera angustifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Elbowbush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Elbowbush
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.

Elbowbush

Habitat

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

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.