Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Wall Hawkweed

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hieracium pulmonarioides

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Wall Hawkweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Wall Hawkweed
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	Hieracium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hieracium pulmonarioides

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Wall Hawkweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Wall Hawkweed
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.

Wall Hawkweed

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.