''Sphingonotus azurescens'', the azure sand grasshopper, is a species of
band-winged grasshopper
Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species p ...
in the family
Acrididae
Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedi ...
. It is found in southern Europe and northern Africa.
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The IUCN conservation status of ''Sphingonotus azurescens'' is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was assessed in 2015.][
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Oedipodinae
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