Grasshoppers Feeding
on Buffalo Grass
(Buchloe dactyloides)



Insect Names (Scientific & Common)

Ageneotettix deorum
(White-whiskered Grasshopper)

Arphia pseudonietana
(Red-winged Grasshopper)

* Arphia simplex
(Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper)

Dissosteira carolina
(Carolina Grasshopper)

Dissosteira longipennis
(High Plains Grasshopper)

Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)

Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)

** Hypochlora alba
(Cudweed Grasshopper)

Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)

** Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)

Spharagemon collare
(Mottled Sand Grasshopper)

Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)



* preferred food plant, ** minor food plant

Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.

Sources: Campbell et al. (1974),
Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. (1994),
Brust et al. (2008)

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