Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs white mugwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Artemisia lactiflora

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while white mugwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	white mugwort
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	Artemisia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Artemisia lactiflora

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

white mugwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	white mugwort
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.

white mugwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.