Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mucronate Sprangletop

Anostirus castaneus compared with Leptochloa panicea

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Mucronate Sprangletop is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mucronate Sprangletop
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	Leptochloa
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Leptochloa panicea

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mucronate Sprangletop

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mucronate Sprangletop
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.

Mucronate Sprangletop

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.