Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Purple Mullein

Anostirus castaneus compared with Verbascum phoeniceum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Purple Mullein is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Purple Mullein
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Scrophulariaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Verbascum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Verbascum phoeniceum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Purple Mullein

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Purple Mullein
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 Mullein

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), and North America (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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

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