Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Confusing Trillium

Anostirus castaneus compared with Trillium simile

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Confusing Trillium is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Confusing Trillium
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Liliales (Liliales)
Family	Elateridae	Melanthiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Trillium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Trillium simile

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Confusing Trillium

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Confusing Trillium
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.

Confusing Trillium

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.