Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Hawthorn midget

Anostirus castaneus compared with Phyllonorycter corylifoliella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hawthorn midget
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Elateridae	Gracillariidae
Genus	Anostirus	Phyllonorycter
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Phyllonorycter corylifoliella

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Hawthorn midget share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Hawthorn midget

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hawthorn midget
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.

Hawthorn midget

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).

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