Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mottled Trillium

Anostirus castaneus compared with Trillium maculatum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Mottled Trillium is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mottled 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 maculatum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mottled Trillium

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mottled 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.

Mottled 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.