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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Slant-faced Grasshoppers (Gomphocerinae) » Orphulella Group » Orphulella » Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper (Orphulella speciosa)

Species Orphulella speciosa - Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Habitat · Internet References
Grasshopper species - Orphulella speciosa - female Slantfaced Pasture Grasshopper - Orphulella speciosa - male Spotted-winged Grasshopper - Orphulella pelidna? - Orphulella speciosa - female Grasshopper - Orphulella speciosa - female Female with pink tegmina in October - Orphulella speciosa - female Spotted-winged or Slant-faced Pasture? - Orphulella speciosa - male Spotted-winged or Slant-faced Pasture? - Orphulella speciosa - male Orphulella speciosa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Gomphocerinae (Slant-faced Grasshoppers)
No Taxon (Orphulella Group)
Genus Orphulella
Species speciosa (Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)
Other Common Names
Pasture Grasshopper; Pasture Locust
Explanation of Names
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder 1862)
Habitat
Open grassy areas
Internet References
OSF
Contributed by Tom Bentley on 27 August, 2007 - 10:10pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Chuck Entz, David Ferguson, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 8 February, 2023 - 6:15pm

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