Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs smooth fleabane

Anostirus castaneus compared with Erigeron glabellus

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while smooth fleabane is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	smooth fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Elateridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Erigeron
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Erigeron glabellus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

smooth fleabane

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	smooth fleabane
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.

smooth fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.