Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Houseleek

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sempervivum marmoreum

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Houseleek is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Houseleek
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Elateridae	Crassulaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Sempervivum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Sempervivum marmoreum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Houseleek

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Houseleek
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.

Houseleek

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Sweden.

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.