Melanoplus nossi

Melanoplus nossi

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae

Melanoplus is a large genus of grasshoppers. They are the typical large grasshoppers (and in some cases migratory "locusts") in North America. A common name is spur-throat grasshoppers (also "spurthroat" or "spur-throated grasshoppers"), but this more typically refers to members of the related subfamily Catantopinae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 3

Sources and credits

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Melanoplus nossi

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