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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