Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lodgepole Pine

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pinus contorta

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Lodgepole Pine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lodgepole Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pinus contorta

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lodgepole Pine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lodgepole Pine
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.

Lodgepole Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

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