Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs White Alder

Anostirus castaneus compared with Platylophus trifoliatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	White Alder
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Elateridae	Corvidae (Crows & Ravens)
Genus	Anostirus	Platylophus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Platylophus trifoliatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and White Alder share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

White Alder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	White Alder
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.

White Alder

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

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.