Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Meadow Campion

Anostirus castaneus compared with Silene flos-cuculi

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Meadow Campion is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Meadow Campion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Silene
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Silene flos-cuculi

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Meadow Campion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Meadow Campion
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.

Meadow Campion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, 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.