Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs small notchwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Lophozia ascendens

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while small notchwort is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	small notchwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Elateridae	Lophoziaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Lophozia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Lophozia ascendens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

small notchwort

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	small notchwort
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 notchwort

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden