Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Clammy Locust

Anostirus castaneus compared with Robinia viscosa

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Clammy Locust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Robinia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Robinia viscosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Clammy Locust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Clammy Locust
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.

Clammy Locust

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia), Europe (9 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

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.

Clammy Locust

The Clammy Locust (Robinia viscosa) is a species in the genus Robinia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway