Chortophaga viridifasciata, the green-striped grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Genus: | Chortophaga |
| Species: | C. viridifasciata
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| Binomial name | |
| Chortophaga viridifasciata (De Geer, 1773)
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Range and habitat
editIt is found in Central America and North America,[1][6] ranging from British Columbia to the Gulf of Mexico (mostly east of the Rocky Mountains), south to Costa Rica.[4]
Green-striped grasshoppers inhabit relatively moist areas of short grass, such as roadsides and hay meadows.
Life-cycle
editThe green-striped grasshopper is single-brooded in the North and west of the Great Plains but is multiple-brooded in the Southeast.[4]
In the single-brooded range, green-striped grasshoppers' eggs are laid early in the summer season. These eggs hatch later in the same summer. The nymphs will molt three to four times before winter. The nymphs survive through the winter and then molt one or two more times to reach adulthood. C. viridifasciata is often the first grasshopper to appear in early spring because of its overwintering.[7]
Green-striped grasshoppers typically have five instars during development.[7]
Description
editTheir size ranges from 23 to 30 mm for males and 28 to 38 mm for females. Females are typically green and males are typically brown but there is variation for both.[4]
Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Chortophaga viridifasciata:
- Chortophaga viridifasciata australior b (southern green-striped grasshopper)
- Chortophaga viridifasciata viridifasciata b (northern green-striped grasshopper)
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
The subspecies Chortophaga viridifasciata australior is sometimes listed as a separate species, but it intergrades northward with subspecies viridifasciata, making species level distinction unlikely.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Chortophaga viridifasciata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ a b "Chortophaga viridifasciata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ a b "Chortophaga viridifasciata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ a b c d e f "Chortophaga viridifasciata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ "Chortophaga viridifasciata Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ a b Julianne Marie Peterson (1995). Microhabitat Selection, Characterization of Developmental Stages, and Life Cycles of Field Populations of the Grasshopper Species Chortophaga Viridifasciata (Orthoptera: Acrididae). North Carolina State University.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
- Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
- Otte, Daniel (1984). The North American Grasshoppers, volume II, Acrididae, Oedipodinae. Harvard. ISBN 0674626613.
External links
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