Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Wayside Pepperwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Lepidium bipinnatifidum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Wayside Pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Elateridae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Lepidium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Lepidium bipinnatifidum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Wayside Pepperwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Wayside Pepperwort
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.

Wayside Pepperwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Mexico.

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.