Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Ghost Bolete

Anostirus castaneus compared with Leccinum holopus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Ghost Bolete is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ghost Bolete
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Elateridae	Boletaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Leccinum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Leccinum holopus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Ghost Bolete

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ghost Bolete
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.

Ghost Bolete

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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 4 countries:

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