Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs sensitive joint-vetch

Anostirus castaneus compared with Aeschynomene virginica

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while sensitive joint-vetch is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	sensitive 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 virginica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

sensitive joint-vetch

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	sensitive 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.

sensitive joint-vetch

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and Japan.

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.