Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Cereal Fly

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Geomyza tripunctata

Key Differences

• Belly-shaped Hard Grass is Least Concern while Cereal Fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Cereal Fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Opomyzidae
Genus	Aegilops	Geomyza
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Geomyza tripunctata

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Cereal Fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Cereal Fly
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.

Cereal Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 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.

Cereal Fly

The Cereal Fly (Geomyza tripunctata) is a species in the genus Geomyza. Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium