Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs mutundu

Anostirus castaneus compared with Croton macrostachyus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	mutundu
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Elateridae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Croton
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Croton macrostachyus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

mutundu

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	mutundu
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.

mutundu

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.

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.