Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lost Flat-Body

Anostirus castaneus compared with Depressaria depressana

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Lost Flat-Body is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lost Flat-Body
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)
Class same	Insecta (แมลง)	Insecta (แมลง)
Order	Coleoptera (อันดับด้วง)	Lepidoptera (ผีเสื้อ)
Family	Elateridae	Depressariidae
Genus	Anostirus	Depressaria
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Depressaria depressana

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Lost Flat-Body share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (แมลง)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lost Flat-Body

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lost Flat-Body
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.

Lost Flat-Body

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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