Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Tall Pottia

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tortula protobryoides

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Tall Pottia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Tall Pottia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Bryophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pottiales (Pottiales)
Family	Elateridae	Pottiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Tortula
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tortula protobryoides

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Tall Pottia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Tall Pottia
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.

Tall Pottia

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

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.