Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Little Gray Firefly

Anostirus castaneus compared with Photinus marginellus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Little Gray Firefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order same	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Elateridae	Lampyridae
Genus	Anostirus	Photinus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Photinus marginellus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Little Gray Firefly share a common ancestor at the Order level: Coleoptera. (Beetles)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Little Gray Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Little Gray Firefly
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.

Little Gray Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Canada.

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.