Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Elephant Apple

Anostirus castaneus compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Elateridae	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Dillenia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Elephant Apple
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.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, 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.