Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Long-styled Sedge

Anostirus castaneus compared with Carex stylosa

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Long-styled Sedge is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Long-styled 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 stylosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Long-styled Sedge

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Long-styled 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.

Long-styled Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden