Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mitchell's Amaranth

Anostirus castaneus compared with Amaranthus mitchellii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Mitchell's Amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mitchell's Amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Amaranthus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Amaranthus mitchellii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mitchell's Amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mitchell's Amaranth
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.

Mitchell's Amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden