
Adult

Common name: RUFOUS GRASSHOPPER.

Size: 19-25 mm.

General distribution: W. Nebraska and SE Wyoming, S. to SW Texas and S. Arizona.

Distribution in New Mexico: Statewide.

Habitat: Short grasslands.

Host: Shorter range grasses.

Adults Present: July-September.

Notes: Cream to light orange-brown, often with crescent-shaped mark dorsally; hind wings faintly blue. Not economically important.

Reference: Otte 1981.