Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lance-Leaf Moonwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Botrychium lanceolatum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Lance-Leaf Moonwort is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lance-Leaf Moonwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Elateridae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Botrychium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Botrychium lanceolatum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lance-Leaf Moonwort

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lance-Leaf Moonwort
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.

Lance-Leaf Moonwort

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden