Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs yellow flax

Anostirus castaneus compared with Linum flavum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while yellow flax is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	yellow flax
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Elateridae	Linaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Linum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Linum flavum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

yellow flax

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	yellow flax
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.

yellow flax

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Japan.

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.