Grasshoppers Feeding
on Kentucky Bluegrass
(Poa pratensis)
Insect Names
(Scientific
& Common)
* Ageneotettix deorum
(White-whiskered Grasshopper)
Arphia conspersa
(Speckled-winged Grasshopper)
Arphia pseudonietana
(Red-winged Grasshopper)
* Arphia simplex
(Plains Yellow-winged Grasshopper)
Arphia sulphurea
(Sulphur-winged Grasshopper)
Camnula pellucida
(Clear-winged Grasshopper)
Chloealtis conspersa
(Sprinkled Grasshopper)
Chorthippus curtipennis
(Meadow Grasshopper)
* Chortophaga viridifasciata
(Northern Green-striped Grasshopper)
Dissosteira carolina
(Carolina Grasshopper)
* Encoptolophus sordidus
(Clouded Grasshopper)
Eritettix simplex
(Velvet-striped Grasshopper)
Hadrotettix trifasciatus
(Three-banded Range Grasshopper)
** Hesperotettix viridis
(Meadow Purple-striped Grasshopper)
* Hippiscus ocelote
(Wrinkled Grasshopper)
* Melanoplus bivittatus
(Two-striped Grasshopper)
Melanoplus borealis
(Northern Grasshopper)
* Melanoplus confusus
(Little Pasture Grasshopper)
Melanoplus dawsoni
(Dawson's Grasshopper)
* Melanoplus femurrubrum
(Red-legged Grasshopper)
Melanoplus flavidus
(Yellowish Grasshopper)
Melanoplus keeleri luridus
(Keeler's Grasshopper)
* Melanoplus sanguinipes
(Migratory Grasshopper)
Melanoplus scudderi latus
(Scudder's Short-winged Grasshopper)
* Orphulella speciosa
(Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper)
* Pardalophora haldemani
(Haldeman's Grasshopper)
* Phoetaliotes nebrascensis
(Large-headed Grasshopper)
Pseudopomala brachyptera
(Short-winged Toothpick Grasshopper)
Schistocerca lineata
(Spotted Bird Grasshopper)
Spharagemon collare
(Mottled Sand Grasshopper)
Syrbula admirabilis
(Handsome Grasshopper)
Trachyrhachys kiowa
(Kiowa Grasshopper)
* preferred food plant, **minor food plant
Note: These grasshoppers (Acrididae) are polyphagous.
Sources:
Campbell et al. (1974),
Brust et al. (2008), Gangwere (1961),
Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. (1994),
Vickery & Kevan (1985)
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