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Species Melanoplus fasciatus - Huckleberry Grasshopper

Possible Melanoplus borealis female - Melanoplus fasciatus - female

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 Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)

Tribe Melanoplini

Genus Melanoplus

Species fasciatus (Huckleberry Grasshopper)

Other Common Names

Huckleberry Locust

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870)

Identification

Tip of male abdomen

Food

A specialist on Vaccinium spp

Internet References

OSF

Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 29 August, 2008 - 12:58am
Additional contributions by metrioptera, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 12 October, 2022 - 1:51pm

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