Hypochlora alba, known generally as mugwort grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the sage grasshopper and cudweed grasshopper. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It feeds exclusively on Artemisia ludoviciana. [4]
| Hypochlora alba | |
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| Hypochlora alba, mugwort grasshopper, Kansas, USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Melanoplinae |
| Tribe: | Melanoplini |
| Genus: | Hypochlora |
| Species: | H. alba
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypochlora alba (Dodge, 1876)
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References
edit- ^ "Hypochlora alba". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ "Hypochlora alba species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2020). "species Hypochlora alba (Dodge, 1876)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Knutson, Herbert (1 August 1982). "Development and Survival of the Monophagous Grasshopper Hypochlora alba (Dodge) 1 and the Polyphagous Melanoplus bivittatus (Say) 1 and Melanoplus sanguinipes (F.) 1 on Louisiana Sagewort, Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 23". Environmental Entomology. 11 (4): 777–782. doi:10.1093/ee/11.4.777.
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