Melanoplus quercicola

Melanoplus quercicola is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Melanoplinae ("spur-throated grasshoppers"), in the family Acrididae ("short-horned grasshoppers").[1][2] The species is known generally as the "oak-loving short-wing grasshopper" or "oak-loving locust".[3] It is found in North America.[2]

Melanoplus quercicola
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M. quercicola
Binomial name
Melanoplus quercicola
(Hebard, 1918)

References

  1. "Melanoplus quercicola Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. "Melanoplus quercicola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. "Melanoplus quercicola Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

Further reading

  • Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
  • Otte, Daniel (1995). "Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C". Orthoptera Species File 4, 518.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.


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