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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Band-winged Grasshoppers (Oedipodinae) » Arphiini » Arphia

Genus Arphia

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

California Orange-winged Grasshopper - Arphia ramona - male

Arphia conspersa ? nymph - Arphia pseudonietana - male

Unknown Oedipodinae? - Arphia pseudonietana - male

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 Oedipodinae (Band-winged Grasshoppers)

Tribe Arphiini

Genus Arphia

Numbers

Nearctica.com and Arnett, p. 171 (1), list 11 species.

Size

17-46 mm

Identification

Distinctly ridged pronotum. Hind wings yellow, orange, red, or pinkish.

Range

Much of North America, several species in east.

Habitat

Fields, open woods, grasslands

Season

Depends on species. Some species hatch in spring and are typically adult in summer and fall. Some species overwinter as nymphs and adults are present mostly in late winter to early summer. For A. granulate & simplex in south, seasons of occurrence are ill-defined, and they may be adult year-round.

Food

Mostly grasses, some forbs

Life Cycle

Nymphs of some species overwinter.

Print References

Arnett, p. 171, describes A. sulphureus (1)

Bland, pp. 105-107 (2)

Capinera, pp. 60-63 (3)

Helfer, pp. 111-112 (4)

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek: Arphia pseudonietana

North Dakota State University: Arphia pseudonietana

USDA--Specklewinged Grasshopper, Arphia conspersa

Grasshoppers of Florida--PDF file on Bandwinged Grasshoppers--Subfamily Oedipodinae

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Orthoptera of Michigan Roger Bland. 2003. Michigan State University Extension.

3.	Grasshoppers of Florida (Invertebrates of Florida) John L. Capinera, Clay W. Scherer, Jason M. Squiter, Jason M. Squitier. 2002. University Press of Florida.

4.	How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.

Contributed by Cotinis on 12 October, 2004 - 12:22am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 11:06am

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