Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Fescue

Anostirus castaneus compared with Festuca xenophontis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Fescue is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Fescue
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	Festuca
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Festuca xenophontis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Fescue

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Fescue
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.

Fescue

Habitat

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

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.