Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Pale Corn Clothes

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Nemapogon variatella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Pale Corn Clothes
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)	Tineidae
Genus	Aegilops	Nemapogon
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Nemapogon variatella

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Pale Corn Clothes

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Pale Corn Clothes
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.

Pale Corn Clothes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).

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.