Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Plain Plume

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Hellinsia tephradactyla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Plain Plume
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)	Pterophoridae
Genus	Aegilops	Hellinsia
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Hellinsia tephradactyla

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Plain Plume

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Plain Plume
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.

Plain Plume

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Asia (Georgia) and Europe (27 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.