Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs grass-leaf sweet-flag

Anostirus castaneus compared with Acorus gramineus

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while grass-leaf sweet-flag is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	grass-leaf sweet-flag
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Acorales (Acorales)
Family	Elateridae	Acoraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Acorus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Acorus gramineus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

grass-leaf sweet-flag

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	grass-leaf sweet-flag
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.

grass-leaf sweet-flag

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Taiwan) and Europe (5 countries).

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.