Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs eastern bordered straw

Anostirus castaneus compared with Heliothis nubigera

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while eastern bordered straw is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	eastern bordered straw
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	Heliothis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Heliothis nubigera

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and eastern bordered straw share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

eastern bordered straw

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	eastern bordered straw
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.

eastern bordered straw

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Algeria, Belgium, Chad, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden