The Snakeweed grasshopper (Hesperotettix viridis) is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

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Taxonomy

*Hesperotettix viridis*
Hesperotettix viridis
Other common names
	Meadow purple-striped grasshopper
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Tribe:	Melanoplini
Genus:	Hesperotettix
Scientific name
	Hesperotettix viridis (Thomas, 1872)
Geography
Native countries:
	Mexico; Canada; United States;

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

Subspecies

Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872)
Hesperotettix viridis brevipennis (Thomas, 1874)
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897

Identification

Identification details

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	URL
Grasshopper control in gardens and small acreages	Colorado State University,W.S. Cranshaw and R. Hammon	2013	View URL
Grasshoppers (Acrididae) of Colorado	Colorado State University,John Capinera,TS Sechrist	1982
A Manual of the Grasshoppers of New Mexico	New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service,D.B. Richman, D.C. Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland and DJ. Ferguson	1993	View URL
Grasshopper investigations on Montana rangelands	Montana State University,Norman L. Anderson and John C. Wright	1952	View URL
Orthoptera of Northern Great Plains	North Dakota State University	2007
Hopper helper	Wendal Cushing		View URL
The grasshoppers of Nebraska	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,Mathew L. Brust, Wyatt Hoback and Robert J. Wright	2009	View URL
Montana.gov Orthoptera Field Guides			View URL
Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers	United States Department of Agriculture,Robert E. Pfadt	2002
Grasshoppers of the Western United States	United States Department of Agriculture		View URL
ARS grasshopper species fact sheets	Agricultural Research Services and United States Department of Agriculture	1994
Pest Grasshoppers of the West	University of Wyoming	2005	View URL
The Grasshoppers of the Western U.S. Lucid mobile app	APHIS PPQ Science & Technology Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station), United States Department of Agriculture and Center for Plant Health Science and Technology of the USDA	2016
Grasshopper Identification and Control Methods to Protect Crops and the Environment	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	2010	View URL

Distribution

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceHesperotettix viridis

Habitat

Herbicole

Activity

Diurnal

Sound

Silent

Flight

Flightless and flying morphs, strong flier

Management

Pest status

Outbreaks

Outbreak media coverage

Management methods

Land-use change

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	URL
Grasshoppers of Colorado presentation	University of Colorado	N/A	View URL
Grasshopper control in gardens and small acreages	Colorado State University,W.S. Cranshaw and R. Hammon	2013	View URL
Grasshoppers (Acrididae) of Colorado	Colorado State University,John Capinera,TS Sechrist	1982
A Manual of the Grasshoppers of New Mexico	New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service,D.B. Richman, D.C. Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland and DJ. Ferguson	1993	View URL
Grasshopper investigations on Montana rangelands	Montana State University,Norman L. Anderson and John C. Wright	1952	View URL
Orthoptera of Northern Great Plains	North Dakota State University	2007
Hopper helper	Wendal Cushing		View URL
The grasshoppers of Nebraska	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,Mathew L. Brust, Wyatt Hoback and Robert J. Wright	2009	View URL
Montana.gov Orthoptera Field Guides			View URL
Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers	United States Department of Agriculture,Robert E. Pfadt	2002
Grasshoppers of the Western United States	United States Department of Agriculture		View URL
ARS grasshopper species fact sheets	Agricultural Research Services and United States Department of Agriculture	1994
Pest Grasshoppers of the West	University of Wyoming	2005	View URL
The Grasshoppers of the Western U.S. Lucid mobile app	APHIS PPQ Science & Technology Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station), United States Department of Agriculture and Center for Plant Health Science and Technology of the USDA	2016
Grasshopper Identification and Control Methods to Protect Crops and the Environment	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada	2010	View URL
Grasshopper Integrated Pest Management User Handbook	Agricultural Research Services and United States Department of Agriculture	2000

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

Charles Hart — 8 specimens collected
Graham Montgomery — 2 specimens collected
Lewis Judson Stannard — 1 specimen collected

Milton William Sanderson — 1 specimen collected
Zackary Graham — 1 specimen collected
Ken-ichi Ueda — 1 specimen collected
Adam Cohen — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

Tyler Grant — 9 specimens identified
Graham Montgomery — 1 specimen identified
Ken-ichi Ueda — 1 specimen identified

References