Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lanceleaf Nightshade

Anostirus castaneus compared with Solanum lanceifolium

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Lanceleaf Nightshade is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lanceleaf Nightshade
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Elateridae	Solanaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Solanum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Solanum lanceifolium

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lanceleaf Nightshade

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lanceleaf Nightshade
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.

Lanceleaf Nightshade

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.