Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Morocco-gum

Anostirus castaneus compared with Vachellia gummifera

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Morocco-gum is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Morocco-gum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Vachellia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Vachellia gummifera

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Morocco-gum

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Morocco-gum
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.

Morocco-gum

Habitat

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

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.