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Melanoplus pictus

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Species of grasshopper

Melanoplus pictus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Melanoplini
Genus: Melanoplus
Species: M. pictus
Binomial name
Melanoplus pictus
Scudder, 1897

Melanoplus pictus, the pictured spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. It is known to feed on Flourensia cernua leaves, among other plants.

References

  1. ^ "Melanoplus pictus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. "Melanoplus pictus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. "Melanoplus pictus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "Melanoplus pictus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  6. Richerson, Jim V.; Boldt, Paul E. (1 June 1995). "Phytophagous Insect Fauna of Flourensia cernua (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) in Trans-Pecos Texas and Arizona". Environmental Entomology. 24 (3): 588–594. doi:10.1093/ee/24.3.588.
Taxon identifiers
Melanoplus pictus


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