Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Fleeceflower

Anostirus castaneus compared with Reynoutria japonica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Fleeceflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Reynoutria
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Reynoutria japonica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Fleeceflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Fleeceflower
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.

Fleeceflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Georgia, Taiwan), Europe (21 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden