Melanoplus angustipennis (Dodge, 1877) is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Melanoplus angustipennis (Dodge, 1877)

Melanoplus angustipennis (Dodge, 1877)

Melanoplus angustipennis, the narrow-winged spur-throat grasshopper, is an Acrididae species found in North America.

Family
Genus
Melanoplus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Melanoplus angustipennis (Dodge, 1877)

Melanoplus angustipennis was first formally described by Dodge in 1877. This species is a member of the spur-throated grasshopper group, belonging to the family Acrididae. Its most widely used common name is narrow-winged spur-throat grasshopper. It also has two other widely recognized common names: narrow-winged sand grasshopper and narrow-winged locust. This grasshopper species is found in North America.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Melanoplus

More from Acrididae

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

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