Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Orange Disco

Anostirus castaneus compared with Aleurodiscus amorphus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Orange Disco
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Elateridae	Stereaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Aleurodiscus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Aleurodiscus amorphus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Orange Disco

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Orange Disco
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.

Orange Disco

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway