Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Longflowered veldtgrass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ehrharta longiflora

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Longflowered veldtgrass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Longflowered veldtgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Ehrharta
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ehrharta longiflora

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Longflowered veldtgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Longflowered veldtgrass
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.

Longflowered veldtgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden