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Athous vittatus

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Athous vittatus is a species in the family Elateridae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 1.03 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about Athous vittatus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.03 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivore
Main food
flowers
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is Athous vittatus?

ATHOUS VITTATUS · LENGTH 1.03 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.03 cm, the recorded maximum length of the athous vittatus is about 0.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Athous vittatus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Athous vittatus is listed for 1 country.

Switzerland
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Switzerland

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Athous vittatus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Athous vittatus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyElateridae
  6. genusAthous
  7. SpeciesAthous vittatus (Fabricius, 1792)

Synonyms Elater vittatus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • kovařík páskovanýCzech
  • Sortstribet busksmælderDanish
  • Gebänderter SchnellkäferGerman
  • lehtoseppäFinnish
  • Athous à bandes clairesFrench
  • løvsmellerNorwegian Bokmål
  • Nieskorek pasiastyPolish
  • Щелкун разноцветныйRussian
  • kováčik pásikavýSlovak
  • strimknäppareSwedish
  • Taupin en livréeFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Athous vittatus

Other species in the same genus Athous.

Wireworm

Athous azoricus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Athous vittatus?

An adult Athous vittatus measures 1.03 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Athous vittatus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Athous vittatus for 1 country: Switzerland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What does Athous vittatus eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

What kind of animal is Athous vittatus?

Athous vittatus (Athous vittatus) belongs to the family Elateridae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Athous vittatus (Athous vittatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/athous-vittatus

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BibTeX
@misc{athous_vittatus_2026,
  title = {Athous vittatus (Athous vittatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/athous-vittatus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}