Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Small-leaf spiderwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tradescantia fluminensis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Small-leaf spiderwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Small-leaf spiderwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Commelinales (Commelinales)
Family	Elateridae	Commelinaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Tradescantia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tradescantia fluminensis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Small-leaf spiderwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Small-leaf spiderwort
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.

Small-leaf spiderwort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Kenya, South Africa), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (5 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden