Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs large-seed dodder

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cuscuta indecora

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while large-seed dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	large-seed dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Elateridae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Cuscuta
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cuscuta indecora

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

large-seed dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	large-seed dodder
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.

large-seed dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Brazil, and 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.