Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dwarf Laurel

Anostirus castaneus compared with Kalmia angustifolia

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Dwarf Laurel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dwarf Laurel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Elateridae	Ericaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Kalmia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Kalmia angustifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Laurel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dwarf Laurel
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.

Dwarf Laurel

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (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.