Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Wild Pimento

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pimenta obscura

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Wild Pimento is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Wild Pimento
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Elateridae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Pimenta
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pimenta obscura

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Wild Pimento

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Wild Pimento
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.

Wild Pimento

Habitat

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

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.