Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs White Star Apple

Anostirus castaneus compared with Gambeya albida

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while White Star Apple is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	White Star Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Elateridae	Sapotaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Gambeya
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Gambeya albida

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

White Star Apple

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	White Star Apple
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 Star Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.