Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs iron-grass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Spermacoce confusa

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while iron-grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	iron-grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elateridae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Spermacoce
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Spermacoce confusa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

iron-grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	iron-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.

iron-grass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Timor-Leste.

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.