Biology:Melanoplus angustipennis
| Melanoplus angustipennis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Melanoplini |
| Genus: | Melanoplus |
| Species: | M. angustipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanoplus angustipennis (Dodge, 1877)
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Melanoplus angustipennis, known generally as narrow-winged spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the narrow-winged sand grasshopper and narrow-winged locust.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5]
Description
A medium-sized grasshopper, measuring 20-30mm in length. Females tend to be larger than males.[6] The slender-winged species can resemble Melanoplus sanguinipes, the narrow-winged grasshopper, and can be distinguished by the cercus, which on M. angustipennis are small and narrowed at the middle.[7] The hind femora are tan or pale yellow and the hind tibiae are reddish or blue.[8]
Life cycle
Narrow-winged sand grasshoppers hatch as nymphs in early to late May.[8] Nymphs develop to adults over the course of 36-42 days, enlarging to their full size and developing wings. The grasshopper adults are active from early July to the end of October.[6][9] They occur in open sandy grasslands, vegetated sand dunes, and disturbed areas such as roadsides or upland fields from mid-central United States to south central Canada.[8]
Diet
The species is reported to feed primarily on Asteraceae species[7] and other forb species, but will eat grasses and shrubs. Observed forb species from grasshoppers collected in Nebraska include western ragweed, prairie sunflower, western sticktight, cudweed sagewort, blue grama, sand dropseed, and sun sedge.[8] Narrow-winged spur-throated grasshoppers are not a major pest to food crops.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Melanoplus angustipennis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=658333. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ "Melanoplus angustipennis species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/c46d2e04a029569cc0b2f04c3ba80ae2. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ "Melanoplus angustipennis". https://www.gbif.org/species/1699396. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ "Melanoplus angustipennis Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/146620. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C.. "Orthoptera Species File Online". http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Scott, Ralph (2010). Montana Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets: A Pictorial Field Guide to the Orthoptera. Billings, MT: MagpieMTGraphics.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bland, Roger (September 2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan. Central Michigan University. p. 87. https://archive.lib.msu.edu/DMC/Ag.%20Ext.%202007-Chelsie/PDF/e2815.pdf. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Dodge (September 1994). "Narrowwinged Sand Grasshopper Species Fact Sheet". Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins 912 (USDA). https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/30320505/grasshopper/Extras/PDFs/Species%20Fact%20Sheets/Narrowng.pdf. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
- ↑ "Narrow-winged Spur-throat Grasshopper". https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/129255-Melanoplus-angustipennis. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10580543 entry
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