Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Yellowish Fork-moss

Anostirus castaneus compared with Dichodontium flavescens

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Yellowish Fork-moss is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Yellowish Fork-moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Bryophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Elateridae	Aongstroemiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Dichodontium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Dichodontium flavescens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Yellowish Fork-moss

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Yellowish Fork-moss
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.

Yellowish Fork-moss

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

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.