Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs marsh mealybug

Anostirus castaneus compared with Atrococcus paludinus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while marsh mealybug is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	marsh mealybug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Elateridae	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Anostirus	Atrococcus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Atrococcus paludinus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

marsh mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	marsh mealybug
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.

marsh mealybug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway 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 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden