Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Treacle Mustard

Anostirus castaneus compared with Erysimum wagifii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Treacle Mustard is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Treacle Mustard
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Elateridae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Erysimum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Erysimum wagifii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Treacle Mustard

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Treacle Mustard
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.

Treacle Mustard

Habitat

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

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.