Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mexican Muhly

Anostirus castaneus compared with Muhlenbergia mexicana

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Mexican Muhly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mexican Muhly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Muhlenbergia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Muhlenbergia mexicana

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mexican Muhly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mexican Muhly
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.

Mexican Muhly

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden