Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Violet Smut

Anostirus castaneus compared with Urocystis violae

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Violet Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Violet Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)
Family	Elateridae	Urocystidaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Urocystis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Urocystis violae

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Violet Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Violet Smut
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.

Violet Smut

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Denmark.

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.