Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Fiery Clearwing

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pyropteron chrysidiformis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Fiery Clearwing is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Fiery Clearwing
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	Sesiidae
Genus	Anostirus	Pyropteron
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pyropteron chrysidiformis

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Fiery Clearwing share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Fiery Clearwing

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Fiery Clearwing
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.

Fiery Clearwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Belgium.

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 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium