Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs plúteo blanco

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pluteus pellitus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while plúteo blanco is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	plúteo blanco
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópodos)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (insecto)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (coleópteros)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Elateridae	Pluteaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Pluteus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pluteus pellitus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

plúteo blanco

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	plúteo blanco
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.

plúteo blanco

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden