Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Scarce Notchwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Mesoptychia badensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Scarce Notchwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Elateridae	Jungermanniaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Mesoptychia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Mesoptychia badensis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Scarce Notchwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Scarce Notchwort
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.

Scarce Notchwort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and 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.