Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Shrub lespedeza

Anostirus castaneus compared with Lespedeza bicolor

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Shrub lespedeza is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Shrub lespedeza
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	Lespedeza
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Lespedeza bicolor

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Shrub lespedeza

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Shrub lespedeza
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.

Shrub lespedeza

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Georgia, India, Taiwan, 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.