Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs least pouncewort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Lejeunea cavifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	least pouncewort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Porellales (Porellales)
Family	Elateridae	Lejeuneaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Lejeunea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Lejeunea cavifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

least pouncewort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	least pouncewort
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.

least pouncewort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

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.