Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Figwort Rust

Anostirus castaneus compared with Uromyces scrophulariae

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Figwort Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Figwort Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Elateridae	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Uromyces
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Uromyces scrophulariae

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Figwort Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Figwort Rust
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.

Figwort Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Sweden.

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.