Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Cornish Midget

Anostirus castaneus compared with Phyllonorycter staintoniella

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Cornish Midget is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cornish Midget
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Elateridae	Gracillariidae
Genus	Anostirus	Phyllonorycter
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Phyllonorycter staintoniella

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Cornish Midget share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Cornish Midget

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cornish Midget
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.

Cornish Midget

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Italy, Spain, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden