Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Love Apple

Anostirus castaneus compared with Paris polyphylla

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Love Apple is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Love Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Elateridae	Melanthiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Paris
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Paris polyphylla

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Love Apple

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Love Apple
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.

Love Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Vulnerable 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.