Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Virdrillo

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pilea hyalina

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Virdrillo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Urticaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Pilea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pilea hyalina

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Virdrillo

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Virdrillo
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.

Virdrillo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden