Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Jointed goatgrass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Aegilops cylindrica

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Jointed goatgrass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Jointed goatgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Aegilops
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Aegilops cylindrica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Jointed goatgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Jointed goatgrass
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.

Jointed goatgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (4 countries), Europe (20 countries), and North America (Canada, Mexico, United States).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland