Narrow-winged saltbush grasshopper (Aeoloplides tenuipennis)

Aeoloplides tenuipennis
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Tribe:	Melanoplini
Genus:	Aeoloplides
Scientific name
Aeoloplides tenuipennis (Scudder, 1897)
Synonyms:	Aeoloplus tenuipennis, Aeoloplus arizonensis Scudder, 1897, Aeoloplus oculatus Scudder, 1897, Aeoloplus uniformis Scudder, 1897
Geography
Native countries:
United States

The Narrow-winged saltbush grasshopper (Aeoloplides tenuipennis) is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

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Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceAeoloplides tenuipennis

Traits

Habitat

Herbicole

Activity

Diurnal

Sound

Silent

Flight

Strong flier

Life cycle

Adults present

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Overwinters as

Egg

Hatching

EarlyLate

Intermediate to late

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Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Tyler Grant — 13 specimens identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Biota Information System of New MexicoBOLD SystemsBugGuideCatalogue of LifeCONABIOEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)UMLS CUIXeno-canto