Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs ground lackey

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Malacosoma castrense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	ground lackey
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)	Lasiocampidae
Genus	Aegilops	Malacosoma
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Malacosoma castrense

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

ground lackey

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	ground lackey
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.

ground lackey

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Sweden.

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.