Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Wingstem spurry

Anostirus castaneus compared with Spergula pentandra

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Wingstem spurry is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Wingstem spurry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Elateridae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Spergula
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Spergula pentandra

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Wingstem spurry

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Wingstem spurry
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.

Wingstem spurry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Bulgaria, Portugal, and United States.

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.