Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs River False Buttonweed

Anostirus castaneus compared with Spermacoce tenuior

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	River False Buttonweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elateridae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Spermacoce
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Spermacoce tenuior

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

River False Buttonweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	River False Buttonweed
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.

River False Buttonweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, and Madagascar.

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.