Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Corsican Grasshopper

Anostirus castaneus compared with Chorthippus corsicus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Corsican Grasshopper is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Corsican Grasshopper
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Orthoptera (Orthoptera)
Family	Elateridae	Acrididae
Genus	Anostirus	Chorthippus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Chorthippus corsicus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Corsican Grasshopper

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Corsican Grasshopper
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.

Corsican Grasshopper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.