Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Knopper Gall

Anostirus castaneus compared with Andricus quercuscalicis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Knopper Gall is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Knopper Gall
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Elateridae	Cynipidae
Genus	Anostirus	Andricus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Andricus quercuscalicis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Knopper Gall

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Knopper Gall
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.

Knopper Gall

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (7 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 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden