Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lange's sedge

Anostirus castaneus compared with Carex langeana

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Lange's sedge is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lange's sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Carex
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Carex langeana

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lange's sedge

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lange's sedge
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.

Lange's sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

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.