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Melanoplus quercicola

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Melanoplus quercicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Melanoplus
Species:
M. quercicola
Binomial name
Melanoplus quercicola
(Hebard, 1918)

Melanoplus quercicola is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Melanoplinae ("spur-throated grasshoppers"), in the family Acrididae ("short-horned grasshoppers").[1][2] The species is known generally as the "oak-loving short-wing grasshopper" or "oak-loving locust".[3] It is found in North America.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Melanoplus quercicola Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Melanoplus quercicola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Melanoplus quercicola Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

Further reading

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  • Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
  • Otte, Daniel (1995). "Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C". Orthoptera Species File 4, 518.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.