Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Florida wax scale

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ceroplastes floridensis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Florida wax scale is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Florida wax scale
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Elateridae	Coccidae
Genus	Anostirus	Ceroplastes
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ceroplastes floridensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Florida wax scale share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Florida wax scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Florida wax scale
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.

Florida wax scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium