Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Narrowleaf dock

Anostirus castaneus compared with Rumex stenophyllus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Narrowleaf dock is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Narrowleaf dock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Rumex
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Rumex stenophyllus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Narrowleaf dock

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Narrowleaf dock
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.

Narrowleaf dock

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries) and North America (Canada, Mexico, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden