Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Oriental asperula

Anostirus castaneus compared with Asperula orientalis

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Oriental asperula is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Oriental asperula
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elateridae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Asperula
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Asperula orientalis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Oriental asperula

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Oriental asperula
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.

Oriental asperula

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries) and North America (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.