Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs smooth heliotrope

Anostirus castaneus compared with Heliotropium curassavicum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	smooth heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Elateridae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Heliotropium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Heliotropium curassavicum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

smooth heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	smooth heliotrope
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 heliotrope

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden