Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Silver Lime

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tilia tomentosa

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Silver Lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Silver Lime
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Elateridae	Malvaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Tilia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tilia tomentosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Silver Lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Silver Lime
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.

Silver Lime

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (15 countries) and North America (Canada).

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 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland