Locusta migratoria  (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Locustini
Genus: Locusta
Species: migratoria

  • Common names: Migratory Locust (English), ตั๊กแตนโลกัสต้า (Thai)
  • Distribution: Europe, Africa, Asia, Russia, Australia.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum
  • Hosts: Eleusine coracana (finger millet), Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato), Manihot esculenta (cassava), Musa (banana), Musa x paradisiaca (plantain), Oryza sativa (rice), Panicum miliaceum (millet) Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet), Phaseolus (beans), Poaceae (grasses), Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane), Sorghum bicolor (sorghum), Triticum (wheat), Triticum aestivum (wheat), Washingtonia flabelliformis (California fan palm), Zea mays (maize)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Locusta migratoria from Thailand.
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Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus 1758) Migratory Locust Chaiyaphum November
References: 
Orthoptera Species File