Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lesser calamint

Anostirus castaneus compared with Clinopodium nepeta

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Lesser calamint is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lesser calamint
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Clinopodium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Clinopodium nepeta

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lesser calamint

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lesser calamint
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.

Lesser calamint

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden