Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Hartig's pine scale

Anostirus castaneus compared with Leucaspis lowi

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Hartig's pine scale is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hartig's pine 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	Diaspididae
Genus	Anostirus	Leucaspis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Leucaspis lowi

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Hartig's pine scale share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Hartig's pine scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hartig's pine 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.

Hartig's pine scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

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 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden