Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Pitch canker

Anostirus castaneus compared with Fusarium circinatum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Pitch canker is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Pitch canker
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hypocreales (Hypocreales)
Family	Elateridae	Nectriaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Fusarium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Fusarium circinatum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Pitch canker

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Pitch canker
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.

Pitch canker

Habitat

Native to Africa and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, South Africa, 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