Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs mountain spike-moss

Anostirus castaneus compared with Selaginella densa

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while mountain spike-moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	mountain spike-moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Lycopodiopsida (Lycopodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Selaginellales (Selaginellales)
Family	Elateridae	Selaginellaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Selaginella
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Selaginella densa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

mountain spike-moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	mountain spike-moss
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 spike-moss

Habitat

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Canada.

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.