Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Short Pipe-Wort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Eriocaulon truncatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Short Pipe-Wort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Eriocaulaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Eriocaulon
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Eriocaulon truncatum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Short Pipe-Wort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Short Pipe-Wort
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.

Short Pipe-Wort

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Singapore, and Taiwan.

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.