List of locust species

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This is a list of locust species. These are Orthoptera that swarm and cause significant economic losses to agricultural crops. The term "locust" is also often applied to species of cicada and magicicada although they are not actually locusts.

[edit] List of locust species

  • Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
  • Migratory locust Locusta migratoria
  • Red locust Nomadacris septemfasciata
  • Brown locust Locustana pardalina
  • Tree locusts Anacridium spp.
    • A. melanorhodon
    • A. wernerellum
    • A. aegyptium
  • Senegalese locust Oedaleus senegalensis
  • Bombay locust Nomadacris succincta
  • Australian plague locust Chortoicetes terminifera
  • American desert locust Schistocerca americana
  • Rocky Mountain locust Melanoplus spretus – extinct

[edit] Reference

  • Steedman, Alison (Ed.) 1988. Locust Handbook (2nd Edn). London: Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, 180p. (ISBN 0-85954-232-7)