Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Levantine Skipper

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Thymelicus hyrax

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Levantine Skipper
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (artrópodos)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (insecto)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Hesperiidae
Genus	Aegilops	Thymelicus
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Thymelicus hyrax

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Levantine Skipper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Levantine 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.

Levantine Skipper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Greece and Russia.

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.