Acrolophitus maculipennis (Scudder) [=Pedioscirtes m. (Scudder)]

Adult

Common name: POINT HEADED GRASSHOPPER.

Size: 25-35 mm.

General distribution: S. Arizona, New Mexico, and W. Texas, S. to San Luis Potosi and Durango, Mexico.

Distribution in New Mexico: Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Hidalgo, Otero, Sierra.

New Mexico Distribution Map

Habitat: Desert grassland in limestone, gypsum, and rhyolite areas.

Host: Coldenia canescens.

Adults Present: July-September.

Notes: Distinctively spotted, point-headed grasshopper. Not economically important.

Reference: Otte 1981.

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