Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mountain-ash

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sorbus alnifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mountain-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Sorbus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Sorbus alnifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mountain-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mountain-ash
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.

Mountain-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and 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.