Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Red melastome

Anostirus castaneus compared with Melastoma sanguineum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Red melastome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Elateridae	Melastomataceae
Genus	Anostirus	Melastoma
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Melastoma sanguineum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Red melastome

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Red melastome
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.

Red melastome

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.