Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Silvertop Stringybark

Anostirus castaneus compared with Eucalyptus laevopinea

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Silvertop Stringybark is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Silvertop Stringybark
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Elateridae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Eucalyptus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Eucalyptus laevopinea

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Silvertop Stringybark

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Silvertop Stringybark
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.

Silvertop Stringybark

Habitat

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

Range

Found in France. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.