Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs melon-leaf nightshade

Anostirus castaneus compared with Solanum citrullifolium

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while melon-leaf nightshade is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	melon-leaf nightshade
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Elateridae	Solanaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Solanum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Solanum citrullifolium

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

melon-leaf nightshade

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	melon-leaf nightshade
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.

melon-leaf nightshade

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Sweden.

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.