Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mountain Masdevallia

Anostirus castaneus compared with Masdevallia oreas

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Mountain Masdevallia is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mountain Masdevallia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Orchidaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Masdevallia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Masdevallia oreas

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Masdevallia

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mountain Masdevallia
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 Masdevallia

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.