Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Petunia

Anostirus castaneus compared with Petunia atkinsiana

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Petunia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Elateridae	Solanaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Petunia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Petunia atkinsiana

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Petunia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Petunia
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.

Petunia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (Armenia, Japan), Europe (6 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.