Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Long Sepal Violet

Anostirus castaneus compared with Viola inconspicua

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Long Sepal Violet is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Long Sepal Violet
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Elateridae	Violaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Viola
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Viola inconspicua

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Long Sepal Violet

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Long Sepal Violet
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.

Long Sepal Violet

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.