Conocephalus maculatus is a species of bush cricket in the cone head subgenus Anisoptera. It has a widespread distribution in Africa southern and South-East Asia and is a pest of millets and maize in Northeast India. During the summer of 2008, a large swarm severely damaged millet and maize crops in Manipur and Nagaland.[1]
Conocephalus maculatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Genus: | Conocephalus |
Species: | C. maculatus
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Binomial name | |
Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)
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Synonyms | |
Xiphidion maculates |
References
edit- ^ Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246.