Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Rock Whitlowgrass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Draba norvegica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Rock Whitlowgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Elateridae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Draba
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Draba norvegica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Rock Whitlowgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Rock Whitlowgrass
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.

Rock Whitlowgrass

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, 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.