Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841) is a animal in the Tettigoniidae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)

Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)

Conocephalus maculatus is a widespread bush cricket pest of millets and maize documented damaging crops in Northeast India in 2008.

Family
Genus
Conocephalus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)

Conocephalus maculatus is a species of bush cricket that belongs to Anisoptera, the cone head subgenus. It has a widespread distribution across Africa, as well as southern and South-East Asia. In Northeast India, this species is a known pest of millets and maize. In the summer of 2008, a large swarm of Conocephalus maculatus caused severe damage to millet and maize crops in Manipur and Nagaland.

Photo: (c) Roger C. Kendrick, all rights reserved, uploaded by Roger C. Kendrick

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Orthoptera › Tettigoniidae › Conocephalus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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