Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Grey Tooth

Anostirus castaneus compared with Phellodon melaleucus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Grey Tooth is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Grey Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Elateridae	Thelephoraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Phellodon
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Phellodon melaleucus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Grey Tooth

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Grey Tooth
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.

Grey Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway