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^{[citation needed]} although they are not actually locusts.

[edit] List of locust species

American desert locust Schistocerca americana
Australian plague locust Chortoicetes terminifera
Bombay locust Nomadacris succincta
Brown locust Locustana pardalina
Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
Italian locust Calliptamus italicus
Migratory locust Locusta migratoria
Moroccan locust Dociostaurus maroccanus
Red locust Nomadacris septemfasciata
Rocky Mountain locust Melanoplus spretus – extinct
Tree locusts Anacridium spp.
- A. aegyptium
- A. melanorhodon
- A. wernerellum

[edit] Borderline species

Senegalese grasshopper Oedaleus senegalensis - often displays locust-like behaviour in the Sahel region
Sudan plague locust Aiolopus simulatrix - occasionally behaves like a locust in eastern Sudan