Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs floating hook moss

Anostirus castaneus compared with Warnstorfia fluitans

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while floating hook moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	floating hook moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Bryophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Elateridae	Calliergonaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Warnstorfia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Warnstorfia fluitans

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

floating hook moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	floating hook moss
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.

floating hook moss

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (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 4 countries:

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