Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs white veratrum

Anostirus castaneus compared with Veratrum album

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	white veratrum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Elateridae	Melanthiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Veratrum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Veratrum album

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

white veratrum

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	white veratrum
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 veratrum

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found across Europe (9 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

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