Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs smooth coil

Anostirus castaneus compared with Lucilla scintilla

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while smooth coil is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	smooth coil
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Elateridae	Helicodiscidae
Genus	Anostirus	Lucilla
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Lucilla scintilla

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and smooth coil share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

smooth coil

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	smooth coil
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.

smooth coil

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found across Asia (Israel) and Europe (6 countries).

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