Aularches miliaris

TaxID: 247159

Basic Information

Aularches miliaris

Spotted Locust

Aularches miliaris is a grasshopper species of the monotypic genus Aularches, belonging to the family Pyrgomorphidae. A native of South and Southeast Asia, the bright warning colours of this fairly large grasshopper keep away predators and their defense when disturbed includes the ejection of a toxic foam. The insect has been called by a variety of names including coffee locust, ghost grasshopper, northern spotted grasshopper, and foam grasshopper, and enjoys some popularity as a pet insect.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Orthoptera

Pyrgomorphidae

Aularches

miliaris

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Naveen A@BY-NC
Aularches miliaris
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(c) timatkov@BY-NC
Aularches miliaris
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(c) Jason Alexander@BY
Aularches miliaris
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(c) Hari Purwanto@BY-NC
Aularches miliaris
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(c) veenas@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Pronotum strongly tuberculate above, with two large contiguous humps in front, cut by all three sulci; front hump black or yellow; hinder area rugose and deeply pitted at the sides.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Not specified Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —

Distribution (11 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bhutan Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Sri Lanka Present —
Myanmar Present —
Nepal Present —
Pakistan Present —
Thailand Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR8296309 head - - 19908513 India: Karnataka
SRR8296308 head - - 21424596 India: Karnataka
SRR8296307 thorax - - 20422679 India: Karnataka

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature