Melanoplus devastator

Melanoplus devastator, the devastating grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5]

Devastating grasshopper, Melanoplus devastator

Melanoplus devastator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Genus:	Melanoplus
Species:	M. devastator
Binomial name
Melanoplus devastator Scudder, 1878

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus devastator:

• Melanoplus devastator conspicuus Scudder, 1897 ^{i c g}
• Melanoplus devastator devastator Scudder, 1878 ^{i c g}
• Melanoplus devastator obscurus Scudder, 1897 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Melanoplus devastator Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Melanoplus devastator species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Melanoplus devastator". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. "Melanoplus devastator Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
5. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-05-06.

External links

• Media related to Melanoplus devastator at Wikimedia Commons