Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Tuberous Valerian

Anostirus castaneus compared with Valeriana tuberosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Tuberous Valerian
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Elateridae	Caprifoliaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Valeriana
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Valeriana tuberosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Tuberous Valerian

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Tuberous Valerian
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.

Tuberous Valerian

Habitat

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

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.