Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Wooly Spinifex

Anostirus castaneus compared with Triodia lanata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Wooly Spinifex
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	Hepialidae
Genus	Anostirus	Triodia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Triodia lanata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Wooly Spinifex

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Wooly Spinifex
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.

Wooly Spinifex

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.