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Grasshopper Species Fact Sheets: Scientific Nameheadline bar Grasshopper Species Fact Sheets Alphabetical Listing by Scientific Name **Grasshopper Species Fact Sheets***Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 912Species Fact Sheets by Robert E. Pfadt* For information on any of the 60 species listed below, just click on the desired name. The species are listed three times, once in alphabetical order by scientific name, once in alphabetical order within subfamilies, and finally alphabetically by common name. PDF versions of each fact sheet are available to download. **Alphabetical by Scientific Name | Alphabetical within Subfamily | Alphabetical by Common Name** *Aeoloplides turnbulli (Thomas)*
Russianthistle grasshopper*Aeropedellus clavatus (Thomas)*
Clubhorned grasshopper*Ageneotettix deorum (Scudder)*
Whitewhiskered grasshopper*Amphitornus coloradus (Thomas)*
Striped grasshopper*Anabrus simplex Haldeman*
Mormon cricket*Arphia conspersa Scudder*
Specklewinged grasshopper*Arphia pseudonietana (Thomas)*
Redwinged grasshopper*Aulocara elliotti (Thomas)*
Bigheaded grasshopper*Aulocara femoratum Scudder*
Whitecrossed grasshopper*Boopedon nubilum (Say)*
Ebony grasshopper*Brachystola magna (Girard)*
Plains lubber grasshopper*Bruneria brunnea (Thomas)*
Bruner slantfaced grasshopper*Camnula pellucida (Scudder)*
Clearwinged grasshopper*Chorthippus curtipennis (Harris)*
Meadow grasshopper*Chortophaga viridifasciata (DeGeer)*
Greenstriped grasshopper*Cordillacris crenulata (Bruner)*
Crenulatewinged grasshopper*Cordillacris occipitalis (Thomas)*
Spottedwinged grasshopper*Derotmema haydeni (Thomas)*
Hayden grasshopper*Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus)*
Carolina grasshopper*Dissosteira longipennis (Thomas)*
High Plains grasshopper*Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder)*
Dusky grasshopper*Eritettix simplex (Scudder)*
Velvetstriped grasshopper*Hadrotettix trifasciatus (Say)*
Threebanded grasshopper*Hesperotettix viridis (Thomas)*
Snakeweed grasshopper*Hypochlora alba (Dodge)*
Cudweed grasshopper*Melanoplus alpinus Scudder*
Alpine grasshopper*Melanoplus angustipennis (Dodge)*
Narrowwinged sand grasshopper*Melanoplus bivittatus (Say)*
Twostriped grasshopper*Melanoplus borealis (Fieber)*
Northern grasshopper*Melanoplus bowditchi Scudder*
Sagebrush grasshopper*Melanoplus bruneri Scudder*
Bruner spurthroated grasshopper*Melanoplus confusus Scudder*
Pasture grasshopper*Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder)*
Dawson grasshopper*Melanoplus devastator Scudder*
Devastating grasshopper*Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas)*
Differential grasshopper*Melanoplus femurrubrum (DeGeer)*
Redlegged grasshopper*Melanoplus foedus Scudder*
Striped sand grasshopper*Melanoplus gladstoni Scudder*
Gladston grasshopper*Melanoplus infantilis Scudder*
Little spurthroated grasshopper*Melanoplus keeleri (Thomas)*
Keeler grasshopper*Melanoplus kennicotti Scudder*
Kennicott grasshopper*Melanoplus lakinus (Scudder)*
Lakin grasshopper*Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas)*
Flabellate grasshopper*Melanoplus packardii Scudder*
Packard grasshopper*Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney*
Nevada sage grasshopper*Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius)*
Migratory grasshopper*Mermiria bivittata (Serville)*
Twostriped slantfaced grasshopper*Metator pardalinus (Saussure)*
Bluelegged grasshopper*Oedaleonotus enigma (Scudder)*
Valley grasshopper*Opeia obscura (Thomas)*
Obscure grasshopper*Orphulella speciosa (Scudder)*
Slantfaced pasture grasshopper*Phlibostroma quadrimaculatum (Thomas)*
Fourspotted grasshopper*Phoetaliotes nebrascensis (Thomas)*
Largeheaded grasshopper*Psoloessa delicatula (Scudder)*
Brownspotted grasshopper*Spharagemon collare (Scudder)*
Mottled sand grasshopper*Spharagemon equale (Say)*
Orangelegged grasshopper*Trachyrhachys aspera Scudder*
Finned grasshopper*Trachyrhachys kiowa (Thomas)*
Kiowa grasshopper*Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Burmeister)*
Pallidwinged grasshopper*Xanthippus corallipes (Haldeman)*
Redshanked grasshopper **Alphabetical by Scientific Name | Alphabetical within Subfamily | Alphabetical by Common Name** Go to Handbook Contents


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