Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Panicled sandmallow

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sidastrum paniculatum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Panicled sandmallow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Panicled sandmallow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Elateridae	Malvaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Sidastrum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Sidastrum paniculatum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Panicled sandmallow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Panicled sandmallow
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.

Panicled sandmallow

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Spain), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Samoa), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

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.