Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Malabar nut

Anostirus castaneus compared with Justicia adhatoda

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Malabar nut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Acanthaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Justicia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Justicia adhatoda

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Malabar nut

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Malabar nut
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.

Malabar nut

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (China, Cyprus, Taiwan) and Europe (Greece, Italy, Malta).

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.