Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Cupped Ear

Anostirus castaneus compared with Otidea cantharella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cupped Ear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Elateridae	Otideaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Otidea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Otidea cantharella

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cupped Ear
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.

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.