Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Small shell ginger

Anostirus castaneus compared with Alpinia mutica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Small shell ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Elateridae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Alpinia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Alpinia mutica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Small shell ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Small shell ginger
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 shell ginger

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.