Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Flea

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Nosopsyllus londiniensis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	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)	Ceratophyllidae
Genus	Aegilops	Nosopsyllus
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Nosopsyllus londiniensis

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	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.

Flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Sweden and 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.