Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Cottony Willow

Anostirus castaneus compared with Salix eriocephala

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Cottony Willow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cottony Willow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Elateridae	Salicaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Salix
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Salix eriocephala

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Cottony Willow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cottony Willow
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.

Cottony Willow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.