Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Pigmy Skipper

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Gegenes pumilio

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Pigmy Skipper
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)	Hesperiidae
Genus	Aegilops	Gegenes
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Gegenes pumilio

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Pigmy Skipper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Pigmy Skipper
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.

Pigmy Skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Asia (Cyprus) and Europe (10 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.