Band-winged grasshoppers

(Trimerotropis fontana)

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Description

Trimerotropis fontana is a grasshopper in the subfamily Oedipodinae ("band-winged grasshoppers"), in the family Acrididae ("short-horned grasshoppers"). A common name for Trimerotropis fontana is "fontana grasshopper". Trimerotropis fontana is found in North America. Trimerotropis is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 50 described species in Trimerotropis.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Family:Acrididae
Genus:Trimerotropis
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