Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs pine echium

Anostirus castaneus compared with Echium pininana

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while pine echium is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	pine echium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Elateridae	Boraginaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Echium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Echium pininana

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

pine echium

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	pine echium
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.

pine echium

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium