Slant-faced Grasshopper (Nymph)

Description:

Slant-faced grasshopper about 8 mm in length. Green body and legs. Atractomorpha psittacina psittacina (Haan, 1842), considered as sweet potato pests, are slant-faced grasshoppers, voracious leaf eaters that makes big irregular holes before they consume the entire leaf. It is from Pyrgomorphidae, a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera commonly known as the gaudy grasshoppers. Classification: superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882; family Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882; subfamily Pyrgomorphinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882; tribe Atractomorphini Bolívar, 1905; genus Atractomorpha Saussure, 1862

Habitat:

Spotted on camote tops (sweet potato plant) in the backyard.

Notes:

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