Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mohave Panicgrass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Panicum mohavense

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Mohave Panicgrass is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mohave Panicgrass
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	Panicum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Panicum mohavense

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mohave Panicgrass

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mohave Panicgrass
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.

Mohave Panicgrass

Habitat

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

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.