Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs prairie phlox

Anostirus castaneus compared with Phlox pilosa

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while prairie phlox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	prairie phlox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Elateridae	Polemoniaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Phlox
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Phlox pilosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

prairie phlox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	prairie phlox
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.

prairie phlox

Habitat

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

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.