Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs False Oat-Grass Smut

Anostirus castaneus compared with Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	False Oat-Grass Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Elateridae	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Urocystis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Urocystis avenae-elatioris

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	False Oat-Grass Smut
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.

False Oat-Grass Smut

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.