Giant red-winged grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata)

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Tropidacris cristata
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Romaleidae
Subfamily:	Romaleinae
Tribe:	Tropidacrini
Genus:	Tropidacris
Scientific name
Tropidacris cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geography
Native countries:
Brazil Costa Rica Belize Guatemala Guyana Honduras Colombia Peru Suriname El Salvador Mexico Panama French Guiana Ecuador Nicaragua Trinidad and Tobago Bolivia Venezuela
Pest status
Known pest

Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Subspecies for this species

• Tropidacris cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tropidacris cristata dux (Drury, 1773)
• Tropidacris cristata grandis (Thunberg, 1824)

Identification

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Biology

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