Dichromorpha viridis
Dichromorpha viridis, the short-winged green grasshopper, is a common species of slant-faced grasshoppers found in North America.
Dichromorpha viridis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Genus: | Dichromorpha |
Species: | D. viridis |
Binomial name | |
Dichromorpha viridis (Scudder, 1863) | |
This grasshopper, as the common name suggests, is mostly green coloured with a face that slants dorsally. The female of the species, however, is typically brown, and usually much larger than the male.
References
External links
- Short-winged Grasshopper (Dichromorpha viridis), Wisconsin DNR
- Grasshoppers genus Dichromorpha, PBase
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