Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Starfruit

Anostirus castaneus compared with Damasonium bourgaei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Elateridae	Alismataceae
Genus	Anostirus	Damasonium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Damasonium bourgaei

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Starfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Starfruit
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.

Starfruit

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Portugal.

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.