Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs White tephrosia

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tephrosia candida

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while White tephrosia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	White tephrosia
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Tephrosia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tephrosia candida

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

White tephrosia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	White tephrosia
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 tephrosia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.