Hesperotettix speciosus (Scudder, 1872) is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hesperotettix speciosus (Scudder, 1872)

Hesperotettix speciosus (Scudder, 1872)

Hesperotettix speciosus is a spur-throated grasshopper species found in North America.

Family
Genus
Hesperotettix
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hesperotettix speciosus (Scudder, 1872)

Hesperotettix speciosus, commonly called the showy grasshopper or handsome purple-striped grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper that belongs to the family Acrididae. This species is found in North America.

Photo: (c) David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Andreas de Rivera Tønnessen · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Hesperotettix

More from Acrididae

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

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