''Apalacris varicornis'' is a species of

grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grassh ...

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

Indomalaya The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

and has been recorded as a minor agricultural pest in Thailand and Malaysia.COPR (Centre for Overseas Pest Research) (1982) ''The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual'' COPR, London; ISBN 0 85135 120 4.

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* Catantopinae Orthoptera of Indo-China Orthoptera of Malesia {{Acrididae-stub