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
Hypochlora alba, mugwort grasshopper, Kansas, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Tribe: Melanoplini
Genus: Hypochlora
Species:
H. alba
Binomial name
Hypochlora alba
(Dodge, 1876)

References

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  1. ^ "Hypochlora alba". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  2. ^ "Hypochlora alba species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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