Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs pale moonwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Botrychium pallidum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while pale moonwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	pale moonwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Elateridae	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Botrychium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Botrychium pallidum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

pale moonwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	pale moonwort
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.

pale moonwort

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

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.