Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Leafy Brain

Anostirus castaneus compared with Phaeotremella foliacea

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Leafy Brain is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Leafy Brain
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Tremellomycetes (Tremellomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Tremellales (Tremellales)
Family	Elateridae	Tremellaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Phaeotremella
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Phaeotremella foliacea

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Leafy Brain

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Leafy Brain
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.

Leafy Brain

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.

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.