Species Morsea californica - Chaparral Monkey Grasshopper

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Internet References

Chaparral Monkey Grasshopper Nymph - Morsea californica - female

Chaparral Monkey Grasshopper - Morsea californica - male

Chaparral Monkey Grasshopper - Morsea californica - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Eumastacidae (Monkey Grasshoppers)

Genus Morsea

Species californica (Chaparral Monkey Grasshopper)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Morsea californica S.H.Scudder, 1898, described from Mt. Wilson, California

Range

mountains of southern California (south of Mojave Desert and Central Valley)

Season

Adults June to November, varying somewhat with location.

Food

Recorded from Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus) species, and to be expected on other shrubs and trees in the Rose Family such as (Purshia). Also reported from Oak (Quercus), Buckthorn (Rhamnus), and Manzanita (Arctostaphylos)

Internet References

Orthoptera Species File

Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 20 October, 2009 - 8:30pm
Last updated 30 October, 2009 - 9:09pm

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