Hieroglyphus banian (Fabricius, 1798) is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hieroglyphus banian (Fabricius, 1798)

Hieroglyphus banian (Fabricius, 1798)

Hieroglyphus banian is an annual millet pest grasshopper in Acrididae found in India, with a Schistocerca-like olfactory neuronal pathway.

Family
Genus
Hieroglyphus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hieroglyphus banian (Fabricius, 1798)

Hieroglyphus banian, described by Fabricius in 1798, is a species of grasshopper that belongs to the family Acrididae. In India, it is an annual pest that attacks millets, including sorghum, pearl millet, and finger millet. Its eggs need a specific seasonal cycle to hatch: a period of dry summer followed by monsoon rains. This species has an olfactory neuronal pathway that is remarkably similar to the pathway found in Schistocerca.

Photo: (c) Anil Kumar Verma, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Anil Kumar Verma · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Hieroglyphus

More from Acrididae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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