| Ligurotettix coquilletti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Genus: | Ligurotettix |
| Species: | L. coquilletti |
| Binomial name | |
| Ligurotettix coquilletti McNeill, 1897 | |
Ligurotettix coquilletti, known generally as the desert clicker grasshopper or creosote bush grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. As its common name suggests, the species feeds on Larrea tridentata . [1] It is found in Central America and North America, [2] [3] [4] [5] in North America specifically in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. [1] Males defend individual creosote plants as mating territories, often preferring plants with lower amounts of toxic chemicals. [1]
