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Common name: KIOWA RANGE GRASSHOPPER.
Size: 20-30 mm.
General distribution: SW Canada through the United States, except the SE, S. to Guatemala.
Distribution in New Mexico: Bernalillo, Colfax, Dona Ana, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Rio Arriba, Torrance, Socorro, Union.
Habitat: Grassland, especially swales.
Host: Range grasses.
Adults Present: June-November.
Notes: Similar to T. aspera, but hind tibiae not black at end and dark band of hind wing central or absent. Occasionally destructive on rangeland.
Reference: Otte 1984.
T. kiowa fact sheet from the Field Guide to
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