Dissosteira carolina

TaxID: 37265

Basic Information

Dissosteira carolina

Carolina Grasshopper, Carolina grasshopper

Dissosteira carolina, the Carolina grasshopper, Carolina locust, black-winged grasshopper, road-duster or quaker, is a band-winged species of grasshopper which ranges widely in North America inhabiting weedy grasslands. The Carolina Locust is a short-horned grasshopper (Family Acrididae) found in most of the United States and other parts of North America (Fig 1). These grasshoppers can be anywhere between 32 and 58 mm, with females being larger than males. Their color can range from grey to brown with contrasting black and yellow-white hind wings. Carolina Locusts are often found on or around dirt roads or paths, where they can easily blend in to gravel and soil. They prefer dry, sunny, open areas for basking, courting displays, and egg laying. Their courtship displays include flying and hovering above the open ground. These males can also call, but their sound is soft and quiet. Their flight is commonly confused for the flight of butterflies. This species is not known to be a major pest, but some outbreaks have caused some damage in the early 20th century.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Orthoptera

Acrididae

Dissosteira

carolina

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Dissosteira carolina
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(c) Scott King@BY-NC
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(c) Joe Kunkel@BY-NC
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(c) Liam Ragan@BY-NC
Dissosteira carolina
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(c) Emily Hjalmarson@BY-NC
Dissosteira carolina
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(c) Healthy Yards@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

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
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (3 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Canada Present —
Mexico Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (38 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
TTOFW616-08 BOLD:AEY7806 COI-5P 658 Canada 2008-07-24 43.5235, -80.2349
TTOFW477-08 BOLD:AAD3251 COI-5P 658 Canada 2008-08-13 50.782, -99.639
TTOFW476-08 BOLD:AAD3251 COI-5P 658 Canada 2008-08-13 50.782, -99.639
TTOFW046-08 BOLD:AEY7806 COI-5P 652 Canada 2002-08-26 43.537, -80.134
TTOFW017-08 BOLD:AEY7806 COI-5P 658 Canada 2002-08-01 43.537, -80.134
TDWGB258-10 BOLD:AAD3251 COI-5P 658 United States 2010-09-29 41.64221, -70.55779
SMTPR8565-16 BOLD:AAD3251 COI-5P 577 Canada 2016-09-19 50.3341, -103.946
SIOCN073-10 BOLD:AAD3251 COI-5P 650 Canada 2009-08-07 45.661, -65.138
SIOCN055-10 BOLD:AAD3251 COI-5P 658 Canada 2009-08-17 46.816, -64.953
RRINV1948-15 BOLD:AEY7806 COI-5P 627 Canada 2015-08-16 43.38431, -80.35387
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