Forest Pests of North America
Native and Non-native insects, diseases, and weeds of urban, managed, and natural forests


shorthorned grasshopper
Valanga nigricornis (Burmeister, 1838)

Representative Images(View more at Forestry Images)

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differential grasshopper
Melanoplus differentialis
Adult(s)
Edward L. Manigault


Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
Tribe: Cyrtacanthacridini
Genus: Valanga



References

Common Name Reference: VEG_DISTURBANCE_AGENTS table of the FSVeg Field Sampled Vegetation Data Dictionary version 1.3, dated March 12, 1999.
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