Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Vanilla

Anostirus castaneus compared with Vanilla planifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Vanilla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Elateridae	Orchidaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Vanilla
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Vanilla planifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Vanilla

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Vanilla
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.

Vanilla

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.