''Sphenarium purpurascens'' ( and , i.e., corn-field grasshopper), is a grasshopper species in the genus ''
Sphenarium'' found in
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
and
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
.
The harvesting of the grasshoppers in Mexico
for human consumption can be a way for managing pest outbreaks.
[Harvesting grasshoppers Sphenarium purpurascens in Mexico for human consumption: A comparison with insecticidal control for managing pest outbreaks. René Cerritos and Zenón Cano-Santana, Crop Protection, March–May 2008, Volume 27, Issues 3–5, Pages 473–480, ] Such strategies allow decreased use of pesticide and create a source of income for farmers.
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Caelifera
Insects described in 1842
Edible insects
Taxa named by Toussaint de Charpentier
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