''Melanoplus foedus'', the striped sand grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper 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 North America.

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species ''Melanoplus foedus'': * ''Melanoplus foedus fluviatilis'' Bruner, 1897^{i c g} * ''Melanoplus foedus foedus'' Scudder, 1878^{i c g} * ''Melanoplus foedus iselyi'' Hebard, 1936^{i c g} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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External links

* Melanoplinae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1878 {{melanoplus-stub