Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs White-Triangle Slender

Anostirus castaneus compared with Caloptilia stigmatella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	White-Triangle Slender
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class same	Insecta (Insekten)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order	Coleoptera (Käfer)	Lepidoptera (Schmetterlinge)
Family	Elateridae	Gracillariidae
Genus	Anostirus	Caloptilia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Caloptilia stigmatella

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and White-Triangle Slender share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insekten)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

White-Triangle Slender

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	White-Triangle Slender
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-Triangle Slender

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden