Hesperotettix speciosus

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Hesperotettix speciosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Melanoplini
Genus: Hesperotettix
Species:
H. speciosus
Binomial name
Hesperotettix speciosus
(Scudder, 1872)

Hesperotettix speciosus, known generally as the showy grasshopper or handsome purple-striped grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in North America. [1] [5]

Showy grasshopper, Hesperotettix speciosus Hesperotettix speciosus P1490754a.jpg
Showy grasshopper, Hesperotettix speciosus
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Showy grasshopper, Hesperotettix speciosus

References

  1. 1 2 "Hesperotettix speciosus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. "Hesperotettix speciosus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. "Hesperotettix speciosus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "Hesperotettix speciosus 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.