Bootettix argentatus

Bootettix argentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Tribe:	Acrolophitini
Genus:	Bootettix
Species:	B. argentatus
Binomial name
Bootettix argentatus Bruner, 1890

Bootettix argentatus, the creosote bush grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The species is monophagous, and feeds exclusively on the creosote bush Larrea divaricata. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "Bootettix argentatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Bootettix argentatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Bootettix argentatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Bootettix argentatus Bruner, 1890". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
5. Chapman, R.F.; Fraser, J. (1989). "The chemosensory system of the monophagus grasshopper, Bootettix argentatus bruner (Orthoptera : Acrididae)". International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology. 18 (2–3): 111–118. doi:10.1016/0020-7322(89)90020-2.
6. Costa, Giovanni (2012). Behavioural Adaptations of Desert Animals. Springer. ISBN   978-3-642-79356-1.

Further reading

• Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN   978-0674626607.