Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Waved Silk-moss

Anostirus castaneus compared with Plagiothecium undulatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Waved Silk-moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Bryophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Elateridae	Plagiotheciaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Plagiothecium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Plagiothecium undulatum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Waved Silk-moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Waved Silk-moss
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.

Waved Silk-moss

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden