Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs hollowroot

Anostirus castaneus compared with Corydalis cava

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while hollowroot is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	hollowroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Elateridae	Papaveraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Corydalis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Corydalis cava

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

hollowroot

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	hollowroot
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.

hollowroot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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