Locusta migratoria
TaxID: 7004
Basic Information
Locusta migratoria
Migratory Locust, migratory locust
The migratory locust (Locusta migratoria) is the most widespread locust species, and the only species in the genus Locusta. It occurs throughout Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Because of the vast geographic area it occupies, which comprises many different ecological zones, numerous subspecies have been described. However, not all experts agree on the validity of some of these subspecies. While it reaches plague proportions in drier areas, it is solitary in northern Australia savannas. Many other species of grasshopper with gregarious and possibly migratory behaviour are referred to as 'locusts' in the vernacular, including the widely distributed desert locust. At 6.5 Gbp, the migratory locust possesses one of the largest known insect genomes.
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Taxonomic Information
Metazoa
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Acrididae
Locusta
migratoria
unclassified
Species
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Arthropods
Photos (5 photos)
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 (4 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | Absent | — |
| Haiti | Quarantine pests | — |
| Panama | Quarantine pests | — |
| United States of America | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (92 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Present | — |
| Albania | Present | — |
| Algeria | Present | — |
| Andorra | Present | — |
| United Arab Emirates | Present | — |
| Australia | Present | — |
| Austria | Present | — |
| Azerbaijan | Present | — |
| Belgium | Present | — |
| Benin | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (1 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Assembly Accession | Assembly Level | Genome Size(Mb) | Contig N50(Kb) | Scaffold N50(Kb) | BUSCO% | Downloads | Actions |
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| GCA_026315105.1 | Chromosome | 6303 | 54419 | 689659 | - |
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CAU_Lmig_1.0 |
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Transcriptomes (3 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Run ID | Tissue | Developmental Stage | Sex | Read Count | Location | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRR819715 | Testis | Adult | male | 50909351 | missing: data agreement established pre-2023 | |
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PRJDB38924 DRX798131 DRP015535 insect GTAMRNASR2.20231114 (CRX1858463; CRA027951) {'sex': 'male', 'tissue': 'Testis', 'dev_stage': 'Adult', 'sample_name': 'SAMC5641586_GTAMRNASR2.20231114', 'geo_loc_name': 'missing: data agreement established pre-2023', 'ngdc_sample_id': 'SAMC5641586', 'collection_date': 'missing: data agreement established pre-2023', 'ngdc_project_id': 'PRJCA043246', 'ngdc_release_date': '2025-07-16', 'biomaterial_provider': 'Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences'} |
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| DRR819716 | Testis | Adult | male | 49467614 | missing: data agreement established pre-2023 | |
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PRJDB38924 DRX798132 DRP015535 insect GTAMRNASR3.20231114 (CRX1858464; CRA027951) {'sex': 'male', 'tissue': 'Testis', 'dev_stage': 'Adult', 'sample_name': 'SAMC5641587_GTAMRNASR3.20231114', 'geo_loc_name': 'missing: data agreement established pre-2023', 'ngdc_sample_id': 'SAMC5641587', 'collection_date': 'missing: data agreement established pre-2023', 'ngdc_project_id': 'PRJCA043246', 'ngdc_release_date': '2025-07-16', 'biomaterial_provider': 'Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences'} |
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| DRR819717 | muscle | adult | female | 43297910 | missing: data agreement established pre-2023 | |
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PRJDB38924 DRX798133 DRP015535 insect GwtM5FRNASR2.20231114 (CRX1858465; CRA027951) {'sex': 'female', 'tissue': 'muscle', 'dev_stage': 'adult', 'sample_name': 'SAMC5641588_GwtM5FRNASR2.20231114', 'geo_loc_name': 'missing: data agreement established pre-2023', 'ngdc_sample_id': 'SAMC5641588', 'collection_date': 'missing: data agreement established pre-2023', 'ngdc_project_id': 'PRJCA043246', 'ngdc_release_date': '2025-07-16', 'biomaterial_provider': 'Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences'} |
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Literature
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