Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Marsh Notchwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Heterogemma laxa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Marsh Notchwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Elateridae	Lophoziaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Heterogemma
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Heterogemma laxa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Marsh Notchwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Marsh Notchwort
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.

Marsh Notchwort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.