Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Thatching grass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hyparrhenia hirta

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Thatching grass
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	Hyparrhenia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hyparrhenia hirta

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Thatching grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Thatching grass
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.

Thatching grass

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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.