Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Prostrate Feather-Moss

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sematophyllum demissum

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Prostrate Feather-Moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Prostrate Feather-Moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Bryophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Elateridae	Sematophyllaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Sematophyllum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Sematophyllum demissum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Prostrate Feather-Moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Prostrate Feather-Moss
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.

Prostrate Feather-Moss

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, 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.