Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

Anostirus castaneus compared with Physalis acutifolia

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Käfer)	Solanales (Nachtschattenartige)
Family	Elateridae	Solanaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Physalis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Physalis acutifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry
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.

Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Japan 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.