Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Pale Devon Clothes

Anostirus castaneus compared with Nemapogon inconditella

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Pale Devon Clothes is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Pale Devon Clothes
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	Tineidae
Genus	Anostirus	Nemapogon
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Nemapogon inconditella

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Pale Devon Clothes share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Pale Devon Clothes

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Pale Devon Clothes
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.

Pale Devon Clothes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, 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