Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs False Dotted Border

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Belenois thysa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	False Dotted Border
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Pieridae
Genus	Aegilops	Belenois
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Belenois thysa

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

False Dotted Border

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	False Dotted Border
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.

False Dotted Border

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.