Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Large Flax Flea Beetle

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Aphthona euphorbiae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Large Flax Flea Beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Chrysomelidae
Genus	Aegilops	Aphthona
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Aphthona euphorbiae

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Large Flax Flea Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Large Flax Flea Beetle
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.

Large Flax Flea Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and 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.