Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Hooked Veilwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Metzgeria leptoneura

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Hooked Veilwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hooked Veilwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Metzgeriales (Metzgeriales)
Family	Elateridae	Metzgeriaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Metzgeria
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Metzgeria leptoneura

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Hooked Veilwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hooked Veilwort
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.

Hooked Veilwort

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Norway, Portugal, Sweden), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.