Oxya yezoensis

Oxya yezoensis is a species of rice-field grasshopper native to Japan.[2]:139 Referred to in Japanese as kobane-inago, it is a popular species of food insect, and is commonly cooked with soy sauce, sugar and sweet wine.[3]

Oxya yezoensis
Female (left) and male (right), taken in Osaka, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oxyinae
Tribe: Oxyini
Genus: Oxya
Species:
O. yezoensis
Binomial name
Oxya yezoensis
Shiraki, 1910
Synonyms[1]

Oxya podisma Karny, 1915

References

  1. Cigliano, M.M., H. Braun, D.C. Eades & D. Otte. "Oxya yezoensis". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 2018-11-18.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Chakravarthy, Akshay Kumar; Sridhara, Shakunthala (20 October 2016). Economic and Ecological Significance of Arthropods in Diversified Ecosystems: Sustaining Regulatory Mechanisms. Springer. ISBN 978-981-10-1524-3.
  3. Mitsuhashi, Jun (19 December 2016). Edible Insects of the World. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-315-35088-2.


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