Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Plain Clothes

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tinea flavescentella

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Plain Clothes is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Plain 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	Tinea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tinea flavescentella

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Plain Clothes

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Plain 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.

Plain Clothes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (7 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇸🇪 Sweden