Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Scaly Hawkbit

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hedypnois cretica

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Scaly Hawkbit is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Scaly Hawkbit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Elateridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Hedypnois
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hedypnois cretica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Scaly Hawkbit

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Scaly Hawkbit
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.

Scaly Hawkbit

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

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.