Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Plant bug

Anostirus castaneus compared with Atractotomus mali

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Plant bug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Elateridae	Miridae
Genus	Anostirus	Atractotomus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Atractotomus mali

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Plant bug share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

View Class: Insecta

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Plant bug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Plant bug
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.

Plant bug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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.