Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Maple Prominent

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ptilodon cucullina

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Maple Prominent is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Maple Prominent
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Elateridae	Notodontidae
Genus	Anostirus	Ptilodon
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ptilodon cucullina

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Maple Prominent

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Maple Prominent
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.

Maple Prominent

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden.

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