Hesperotettix viridis

Hesperotettix viridis, known generally as the snakeweed grasshopper or meadow purple-striped grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2][4]

Hesperotettix viridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Genus: Hesperotettix
Species:
H. viridis
Binomial name
Hesperotettix viridis
(Thomas, 1872)

Subspecies
  • Hesperotettix viridis brevipennis (Thomas, 1874)
  • Hesperotettix viridis nevadensis (short-winged snakeweed grasshopper)
  • Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897 (purple-striped grasshopper)
  • Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872) (snakeweed grasshopper)
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References
  1. "Hesperotettix viridis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. "Hesperotettix viridis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. "Hesperotettix viridis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. "Orthoptera Species File Online".

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Capinera J.L; Scott R.D.; Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.


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