Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs False Planetree

Anostirus castaneus compared with Acer pseudoplatanus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while False Planetree is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	False Planetree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Elateridae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Acer
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Acer pseudoplatanus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

False Planetree

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	False Planetree
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.

False Planetree

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (India, Syria), Europe (16 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).

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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden