Variegated grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus)

Zonocerus variegatus
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily:	Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe:	Phymateini
Genus:	Zonocerus
Scientific name
Zonocerus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geography
Native countries:
Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Cameroon Guinea Sierra Leone Angola Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Gambia Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau Senegal Gabon Liberia Togo Central African Republic Ghana Niger Nigeria Uganda
Pest status
Known pest

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Taxonomy

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

Identification

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Biology

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