Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Clancy's Rustic

Anostirus castaneus compared with Caradrina kadenii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Clancy's Rustic is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Clancy's Rustic
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Elateridae	Noctuidae
Genus	Anostirus	Caradrina
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Caradrina kadenii

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Clancy's Rustic share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Clancy's Rustic

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Clancy's Rustic
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.

Clancy's Rustic

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden.

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.

Clancy's Rustic

The Clancy's Rustic (Caradrina kadenii) is a species in the genus Caradrina. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden