Melanoplus pictus
Species of grasshopper
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Melanoplus pictus, the pictured spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5] It is known to feed on Flourensia cernua leaves, among other plants.[6]
| Melanoplus pictus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Melanoplini |
| Genus: | Melanoplus |
| Species: | M. pictus |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanoplus pictus Scudder, 1897 | |