Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Eyebane

Anostirus castaneus compared with Euphorbia nutans

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Eyebane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Elateridae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Euphorbia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Euphorbia nutans

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Eyebane

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Eyebane
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.

Eyebane

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Georgia, Japan), Europe (16 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), and South America (Bolivia, Colombia).

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