Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Twisted-lobed Dandelion

Anostirus castaneus compared with Taraxacum tortilobum

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Twisted-lobed Dandelion is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Twisted-lobed Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Elateridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Taraxacum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Taraxacum tortilobum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Twisted-lobed Dandelion

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Twisted-lobed Dandelion
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.

Twisted-lobed Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.