Chortophaga

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Chortophaga
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Chortophaga viridfasciata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Chortophagini
Genus: Chortophaga
(Harris, 1841)
Synonyms

TragocephalaHarris, 1841

Chortophaga is a genus of North American "band-winged grasshoppers" of the family Acrididae.

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Northern Green-striped Grasshopper

Species

Listed alphabetically. [1] [2]

  1. Chortophaga australior Rehn & Hebard, 1911 – southern green-striped grasshopper (sometimes listed as a subspecies of C. viridifasciata)[ citation needed ]
  2. Chortophaga cubensis (Scudder, 1875)
  3. Chortophaga mendocino Rentz, 1977 – Mendocino green-striped grasshopper
  4. Chortophaga viridifasciata (De Geer, 1773) – northern green-striped grasshopper

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