Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Guatemalan Grass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tripsacum andersonii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Guatemalan Grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Tripsacum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tripsacum andersonii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Guatemalan Grass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Guatemalan Grass
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.

Guatemalan Grass

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Africa (Guinea, Madagascar) and South America (4 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.