Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs purple dropseed

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sporobolus purpurascens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	purple dropseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Sporobolus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Sporobolus purpurascens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

purple dropseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	purple dropseed
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.

purple dropseed

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and 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.