Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs rough joint-vetch

Anostirus castaneus compared with Aeschynomene rudis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	rough joint-vetch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Aeschynomene
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Aeschynomene rudis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

rough joint-vetch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	rough joint-vetch
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.

rough joint-vetch

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.