Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Golden Clover

Anostirus castaneus compared with Trifolium aureum

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Golden Clover is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Golden Clover
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	Trifolium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Trifolium aureum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Golden Clover

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Golden Clover
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.

Golden Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.