Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Grey Catchfly

Anostirus castaneus compared with Silene grisea

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Grey Catchfly is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Grey Catchfly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Silene
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Silene grisea

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Grey Catchfly

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Grey Catchfly
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.

Grey Catchfly

Habitat

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

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.