Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Turmeric

Anostirus castaneus compared with Curcuma longa

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Turmeric is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Turmeric
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Elateridae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Curcuma
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Curcuma longa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Turmeric

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Turmeric
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.

Turmeric

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan, Yemen), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

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.