Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Purple Moor Grass Rust

Anostirus castaneus compared with Puccinia moliniae

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Purple Moor Grass Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Purple Moor Grass Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Elateridae	Pucciniaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Puccinia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Puccinia moliniae

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Purple Moor Grass Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Purple Moor Grass Rust
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 Moor Grass Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

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

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden