Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Window Gnat

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Sylvicola fenestralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Window Gnat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Anisopodidae
Genus	Aegilops	Sylvicola
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Sylvicola fenestralis

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Window Gnat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Window Gnat
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.

Window Gnat

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across 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.