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Overview

*Arphia conspersa*
Arphia conspersa
Other common names
	Speckle-winged grasshopper
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Arphiini
Genus:	Arphia
Scientific name
	Arphia conspersa Scudder, 1875
Geography
Native countries:
	Mexico; Canada; United States;
Traits
Diet:	Grasses and sedges

Taxonomy

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

Resources

Distribution

Identification

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
Orthoptera of Northern Great Plains	North Dakota State University	2007
Hopper helper	Wendal Cushing		View URL
Field guide to some of the common grasshoppers of the Front Range of Colorado	University of Colorado		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
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

Biology

Habitat and Ecology

Land-Use Change