Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs shield clover

Anostirus castaneus compared with Trifolium clypeatum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while shield clover is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	shield 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 clypeatum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

shield clover

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	shield 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.

shield clover

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.