Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

SUBFAMILY CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE

Only a single species in the subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae occurs in Colorado. This species is large, green or yellow-brown, with a pale yellow band from the head to the tips of the tegmina. It is found throughout Colorado but usually is not abundant.

Schistocerca alutacea (Scudder)

Key to the Subfamilies of Acrididae

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