The Wheeler's blue-winged grasshopper (Leprus wheelerii) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers).

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Taxonomy

*Leprus wheelerii*
Leprus wheelerii
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Hippiscini
Genus:	Leprus
Scientific name
	Leprus wheelerii (Thomas, 1875)
Synonyms:	Leprus robustus
Geography
Native countries:
	Mexico; United States;

Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	URL
UofA School & Home Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Newsletter Newsletter Grasshoppers	University of Arizona,Dawn H. Gouge, Tom J. Getts, Tim W. Stock, John F. Connett and Micah Gay	2023	View URL
Grasshoppers (Acrididae) of Colorado	Colorado State University,John Capinera,TS Sechrist	1982
The grasshoppers and other orthoptera of Arizona	University of Arizona,E. Ball, E. R. Tinkham, Robert Flock and C. T. Vorhies	1942	View URL

Distribution

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceLeprus wheelerii

Habitat

Geophilous

Flight

Strong flier

Habitat and ecology

Land-use change

Pest status

Management

Outbreaks

Outbreak media coverage

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	URL
UofA School & Home Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Newsletter Newsletter Grasshoppers	University of Arizona,Dawn H. Gouge, Tom J. Getts, Tim W. Stock, John F. Connett and Micah Gay	2023	View URL
Grasshoppers (Acrididae) of Colorado	Colorado State University,John Capinera,TS Sechrist	1982
The grasshoppers and other orthoptera of Arizona	University of Arizona,E. Ball, E. R. Tinkham, Robert Flock and C. T. Vorhies	1942	View URL

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.

Carlos Gerardo Velazco-Macías — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

Tyler Grant — 16 specimens identified
Carlos Gerardo Velazco-Macías — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Catalogue of LifeCONABIOEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)iNaturalistIRMNGITIS TSNOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)Xeno-canto