Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Sweet Greyling

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tephrocybe osmophora

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Sweet Greyling is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sweet Greyling
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Elateridae	Lyophyllaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Tephrocybe
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tephrocybe osmophora

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Sweet Greyling

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sweet Greyling
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.

Sweet Greyling

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

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.