Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs gratiola

Anostirus castaneus compared with Gratiola officinalis

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while gratiola is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	gratiola
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Gratiola
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Gratiola officinalis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

gratiola

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	gratiola
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.

gratiola

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, France, Portugal, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.