Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lesser Lattice Brown

Anostirus castaneus compared with Kirinia climene

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lesser Lattice Brown
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	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Anostirus	Kirinia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Kirinia climene

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Lesser Lattice Brown share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Lattice Brown

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lesser Lattice Brown
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.

Lesser Lattice Brown

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries).

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.