Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Stargrass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cynodon plectostachyus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Stargrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Cynodon
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cynodon plectostachyus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Stargrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Stargrass
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.

Stargrass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Mauritius), Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, Mexico, United States), 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.