Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Thin-leaved Centaury

Anostirus castaneus compared with Centaurea leptophylla

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Thin-leaved Centaury is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Thin-leaved Centaury
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Käfer)	Asterales (Asternartige)
Family	Elateridae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Centaurea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Centaurea leptophylla

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Thin-leaved Centaury

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Thin-leaved Centaury
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.

Thin-leaved Centaury

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.