Trimerotropis fontana Thomas, 1876 is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Trimerotropis fontana Thomas, 1876

Trimerotropis fontana Thomas, 1876

Trimerotropis fontana, the Fontana grasshopper, is a short-horned band-winged grasshopper found in North America.

Family
Genus
Trimerotropis
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Trimerotropis fontana Thomas, 1876

Trimerotropis fontana, formally described by Thomas in 1876, is a species of grasshopper. It is classified in the subfamily Oedipodinae, commonly called band-winged grasshoppers, and the family Acrididae, commonly called short-horned grasshoppers. Its widely used common name is Fontana grasshopper, and this species occurs in North America.

Photo: (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Trimerotropis

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