Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs greater broomrape

Anostirus castaneus compared with Orobanche rapum-genistae

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while greater broomrape is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	greater broomrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Orobanchaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Orobanche
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Orobanche rapum-genistae

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

greater broomrape

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	greater broomrape
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.

greater broomrape

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Portugal. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.