Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs island mallow

Anostirus castaneus compared with Malva assurgentiflora

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while island mallow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	island mallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Elateridae	Malvaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Malva
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Malva assurgentiflora

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

island mallow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	island mallow
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.

island mallow

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Chile, Colombia, and South Africa.

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.