Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Spreading amaranth

Anostirus castaneus compared with Amaranthus crassipes

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Spreading amaranth is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Spreading amaranth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Amaranthus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Amaranthus crassipes

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Spreading amaranth

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Spreading amaranth
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.

Spreading amaranth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Italy, Japan, and 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.