Hesperotettix viridis, known generally as the snakeweed grasshopper or meadow purple-striped grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2][4]
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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: | Hesperotettix |
| Species: | H. viridis
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| Hesperotettix viridis (Thomas, 1872)
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Subspecies
edit- Hesperotettix viridis brevipennis (Thomas, 1874)
- Hesperotettix viridis nevadensis (short-winged snakeweed grasshopper)
- Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897 (purple-striped grasshopper)
- Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872) (snakeweed grasshopper)
References
edit- ^ "Hesperotettix viridis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ a b "Hesperotettix viridis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Hesperotettix viridis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Orthoptera Species File Online".
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Capinera J.L; Scott R.D.; Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
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