Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Cook's Holly

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ilex cookii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Cook's Holly is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cook's Holly
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)
Family	Elateridae	Aquifoliaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Ilex
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ilex cookii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Cook's Holly

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cook's Holly
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.

Cook's Holly

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.