Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Great Crestwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Lophocolea bispinosa

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Great Crestwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Great Crestwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Elateridae	Lophocoleaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Lophocolea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Lophocolea bispinosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Great Crestwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Great Crestwort
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.

Great Crestwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (6 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.