Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mallow

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sidalcea hendersonii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Elateridae	Malvaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Sidalcea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Sidalcea hendersonii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mallow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mallow
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.

Mallow

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

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.