List of locust species

This is a list of locust species. These are Orthoptera that swarm and cause significant economic losses to agricultural crops. The term "locust" is also often applied to species of Cicada and Magicicada^{[citation needed]} although they are not actually locusts.

List of locust species

• American desert locust Schistocerca americana
• Australian plague locust Chortoicetes terminifera
• Bombay locust Nomadacris succincta
• Brown locust Locustana pardalina
• Desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
• Italian locust Calliptamus italicus
• Migratory locust Locusta migratoria
• Moroccan locust Dociostaurus maroccanus
• Red locust Nomadacris septemfasciata
• Rocky Mountain locust Melanoplus spretus – extinct
• Tree locusts Anacridium spp.
  • A. aegyptium
  • A. melanorhodon
  • A. wernerellum

Borderline species

• Senegalese grasshopper Oedaleus senegalensis - often displays locust-like behaviour in the Sahel region
• Sudan plague locust Aiolopus simulatrix - occasionally behaves like a locust in eastern Sudan

References

• Steedman, Alison (Ed.) 1988. Locust Handbook (2nd Edn). London: Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, 180p. (ISBN 0-85954-232-7)