Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs hop dodder

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cuscuta lupuliformis

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while hop dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	hop dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Elateridae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Cuscuta
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cuscuta lupuliformis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

hop dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	hop dodder
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.

hop dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 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.