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Chimarocephala pacifica

Chimarocephala pacifica, known generally as the painted meadow grasshopper or painted grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America.

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Chimarocephala pacifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Chortophagini
Genus: Chimarocephala
Species:
C. pacifica
Binomial name
Chimarocephala pacifica
(Thomas, 1873)

Chimarocephala pacifica, known generally as the painted meadow grasshopper or painted grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America.1234

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Chimarocephala pacifica:

  • Chimarocephala pacifica incisa
  • Chimarocephala pacifica pacifica
References

References

  1. "Chimarocephala pacifica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Chimarocephala pacifica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Chimarocephala pacifica (Thomas, 1873)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.