page_title: List of locust species
hierarchical_section_title: List of locust species
caption_attribution_description: English: Dense L3 hopper band of Schistocerca gregaria photographed near Aeterba, Red Sea coast, Sudan
context_page_description: This is a list of locust species of the taxonomic family Acrididae capable of density-dependent phase polyphenism and swarming behavior, potentially inflicting massive damage to crops.
  Aiolopus simulatrix - Sudan plague locust of eastern Sudan
  Anacridium aegyptium - Egyptian locust of Europe, northern Africa and Central Asia
  Anacridium melanorhodon - Sahelian tree locust of Sahel region of Africa
  Anacridium wernerellum - Sudan tree locust of Sudanese vegetation zone
  Austracris guttulosa - Spur-throated locust of Australia
  Austroicetes cruciata - Small plague grasshopper of Australia
  Calliptamus italicus - Italian locust of semi-deserts and steppes of Morocco, central Europe and Central Asia
  Ceracris kiangsu - Yellow-spined bamboo locust of Indo-China and southern China
  Chortoicetes terminifera - Australian plague locust of Australia
  Dissosteira longipennis - High plains locust of North America
  Dociostaurus maroccanus - Moroccan locust of semi-deserts and steppes of Morocco, North Africa, southern and eastern Europe, Middle East and western Asia
  Gastrimargus musicus - Yellow-winged locust of Australia
  Gomphocerus sibiricus - Siberian locust of Siberia and high mountains of Europe
context_section_description: This is a list (alphabetized by binomial species name) of locust species of the taxonomic family Acrididae capable of density-dependent phase polyphenism and swarming behavior, potentially inflicting massive damage to crops.
  Aiolopus simulatrix - Sudan plague locust of eastern Sudan
  Anacridium aegyptium - Egyptian locust of Europe, northern Africa and Central Asia
  Anacridium melanorhodon - Sahelian tree locust of Sahel region of Africa
  Anacridium wernerellum - Sudan tree locust of Sudanese vegetation zone
  Austracris guttulosa - Spur-throated locust of Australia
  Austroicetes cruciata - Small plague grasshopper of Australia
  Calliptamus italicus - Italian locust of semi-deserts and steppes of Morocco, central Europe and Central Asia
  Ceracris kiangsu - Yellow-spined bamboo locust of Indo-China and southern China
  Chortoicetes terminifera - Australian plague locust of Australia
  Dissosteira longipennis - High plains locust of North America (formed large swarms as recently as the 1930s but never since)
  Dociostaurus maroccanus - Moroccan locust of semi-deserts and steppes of Morocco, North Africa, southern and eastern Europe, Middle East and western Asia
  Gastrimargus musicus - Yellow-winged locust of Australia
  Gomphocerus sibiricus - Siberian locust of Siberia and high mountains of Europe
  Locusta migratoria - Migratory locust of Asia, Africa and eastern Europe
  Locustana pardalina - Brown locust of Southern Africa
  Melanoplus differentialis - Differential grasshopper of Northern Mexico, central USA and southern Ontario, Canada
  Melanoplus sanguinipes - Migratory grasshopper of Caribbean and North America
  Melanoplus spretus - Rocky Mountain locust of North America (now extinct)
  Nomadacris septemfasciata - Red locust of southern and south central Africa
  Nomadacris succincta - Bombay locust of India and Southeast Asia
  Oedaleus senegalensis - Senegalese grasshopper of Sahel region of Africa, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands and West Asia
  Rhammatocerus schistocercoides - Mato Grosso locust of Brazil
  Schistocerca cancellata - South American locust of South America
  Schistocerca gregaria - Desert locust of deserts of western Africa, northern Africa and western India
  Schistocerca piceifrons - Central American locust of Central America
  Schistocerca interrita - Peru locust of western South America
  Trimerotropis pallidipennis - Pallid-winged grasshopper of western North America
caption: Dense hopper band of desert locusts
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