Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Marbled Button

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Acleris maccana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Marbled Button
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)	Tortricidae
Genus	Aegilops	Acleris
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Acleris maccana

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Marbled Button

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Marbled Button
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.

Marbled Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, 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.