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]
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