Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lanceleaf rattlebox

Anostirus castaneus compared with Crotalaria lanceolata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lanceleaf rattlebox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Crotalaria
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Crotalaria lanceolata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lanceleaf rattlebox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lanceleaf rattlebox
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 rattlebox

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, 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.