Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Cat flea

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Ctenocephalides felis

Key Differences

• Belly-shaped Hard Grass is Least Concern while Cat flea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Cat flea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Siphonaptera (Siphonaptera)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Pulicidae
Genus	Aegilops	Ctenocephalides
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Ctenocephalides felis

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Cat flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Cat flea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Cat flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Cat flea

The Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) is a species in the genus Ctenocephalides. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium